{"id":5288,"date":"2024-06-20T12:37:08","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T16:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=5288"},"modified":"2024-06-20T12:37:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T16:37:08","slug":"poem-zombie-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2024\/06\/20\/poem-zombie-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Zombie Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you ever get the sense that politics is following some inextricable, absurd, and perilous coarse? I find American politics increasingly resembling that nightmare where a slow-walking monster is chasing you and no matter how fast you run it is just behind you. Unfortunately, this seems to be the case even if you are woke. Will we be able to tell the difference between being undead and living?<\/p>\n

Zombie Politics<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The dawn of the dead
\nAn origin story
\nFrom necking the dead
\nGetting ahead
\nWith shotgun solutions
\nOnly dead
\nFrom the neck up
\nOr the neck down
\nOnly fallowed buy
\nWear wolves in sheep\u2019s clothing
\nBringing on those silver bullets
\nAnd our last act
\nBloodthirsty
\nVampires feed
\nOn a body politic bleeding out
\nAs wood stake their life
\nKnot sow much living
\nAs undead<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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