{"id":2112,"date":"2016-02-17T15:35:17","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T20:35:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=2112"},"modified":"2016-02-17T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T20:49:09","slug":"poem-flocking-boss-leaves-behind-their-helm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/17\/poem-flocking-boss-leaves-behind-their-helm\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Flocking Boss Leaves Behind Their Helm"},"content":{"rendered":"

He new<\/strong>
\nNot the least bit sheepishly<\/strong>
\nJust saying<\/strong>
\nI am not the boss of ewes<\/strong>
\nAnd ewes not the boss of me<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is perhaps my first poem that might be best read with a New Jersey accent.\u00a0 This poem may very well be a tribute to a budding anarchist, one who newly recognizes that life is best lived as neither the boss of others nor the subject of bosses.\u00a0 Such a way of living springs from a humility and holistic perspective that bossing others around is an insult to the fullness of life of all.\u00a0 Plus, throwing off the\u00a0rule of bosses demands courage and fortitude, perhaps not a little bit ironically, “like a boss” — though channeled to being the boss of one’s own life, not a boss lording over others.\u00a0 This poem also\u00a0accents the boss-like oppression of sheepishly following other sheep, where cowardly complicity in the face of bosses diminishes us all.\u00a0 If you\u00a0should seek to master such boss-less living, may you find ever new ways to live as equal partners with other people and all living beings, neither lording over or shrinking below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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