{"id":3990,"date":"2023-06-06T13:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T17:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=3990"},"modified":"2023-06-06T13:55:02","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T17:55:02","slug":"poem-the-child-got-their-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/06\/poem-the-child-got-their-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: The Child Got Their Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A poem that came from know wear&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Child Got Their Shot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The child got their shot<br \/>\nNot at earnest learning<br \/>\nOr playful preoccupation<br \/>\nNot at hard work rewarded<br \/>\nOr hopes fully fed<br \/>\nThe child got their shot<br \/>\nA bullet to the head<br \/>\nMere flesh and bone<br \/>\nOr soul deadliness<br \/>\nFor what became<br \/>\nA fatal day<br \/>\nOr a prosthetic future<br \/>\nA big if<br \/>\nTending fortified schools<br \/>\nFenced by crooked cops<br \/>\nArms dealers awarded impunity<br \/>\nCornered by liquor stores<br \/>\nWhere life is more parking lot than park<br \/>\nLess opportunity than temptation<br \/>\nA full groan failure<br \/>\nMaking us all<br \/>\nVictims of titanic leadership<br \/>\nWeather instantaneous led poisoning<br \/>\nOr grueling existence<br \/>\nLeaving soully<br \/>\nThe dead or undead<br \/>\nThe dreams of growing up<br \/>\nAre left to US<br \/>\nWill we pass<br \/>\nOn the baton?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A poem that came from know wear&#8230; The Child Got Their Shot The child got their shot Not at earnest learning Or playful preoccupation Not at hard work rewarded Or hopes fully fed The child got their shot A bullet &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/06\/poem-the-child-got-their-shot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[393,469,635,146,471,359,531,492,683,380],"class_list":["post-3990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","tag-dreams","tag-failure","tag-future","tag-leadership","tag-learning","tag-life","tag-soul","tag-temptation","tag-titanic","tag-work"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: The Child Got Their Shot | Poems | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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