{"id":516,"date":"2012-04-06T21:35:27","date_gmt":"2012-04-07T02:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=516"},"modified":"2012-04-06T21:36:34","modified_gmt":"2012-04-07T02:36:34","slug":"poem-metaphors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/06\/poem-metaphors\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Metaphors be with you"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Metaphors be with you<\/h1>\n<p>This simple one line poem which is only four words is a takeoff on the Star Wars saying, <em>may the force be with you<\/em>.\u00a0 Is it any surprise that one of these four words is a pun?\u00a0 Of course, I love metaphors way more than Star Wars, which I enjoy quite a bit.\u00a0 I love metaphors because they can hit you right in the face with an apparent literal meaning while simultaneously launch a much grander and ephemeral meaning.\u00a0 I suppose that literalists are confused by metaphors.\u00a0 However, I might note that literalists <em>are<\/em> confusion.\u00a0 This poem is also a simple blessing that the metaphor rich reality in which we live is ever accessible to you.\u00a0 Like another poem of mine, everything else reminds me of everything else.\u00a0 Rather than a reality that is barren of meaning, reality is so robust with meaning that it nearly busts out everywhere.\u00a0 So, metaphors be with you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metaphors be with you This simple one line poem which is only four words is a takeoff on the Star Wars saying, may the force be with you.\u00a0 Is it any surprise that one of these four words is a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/06\/poem-metaphors\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9],"tags":[391,273,486,86,100,658,94,601,106,53],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-funny-poems","category-poems","tag-blessing","tag-love","tag-meaning","tag-metaphors","tag-one-line-poems","tag-poems","tag-poetry","tag-reality","tag-rich","tag-short-poems"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Metaphors be with you | Funny Poems, Poems | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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