{"id":5916,"date":"2024-10-08T12:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=5916"},"modified":"2024-10-08T12:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T16:00:26","slug":"poem-monkey-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/08\/poem-monkey-business\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Monkey Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Letting go and getting on with the good life, that bye the weigh which is not hanging on to wealth, power, and status.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Monkey Business<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTo trap a monkey relies on its clenched fist, unwilling to let go.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It was a jungle out there<br \/>\nHe could help himself<br \/>\nSo he couldn\u2019t help himself<br \/>\nGrab the villager\u2019s nut<br \/>\nInexorably tightfisted<br \/>\nCaptive to that middle passage<br \/>\nAs narrow as fruit full<br \/>\nThat bottleneck to capitalists\u2019 dreams<br \/>\nThe most for the least<br \/>\nTurning on<br \/>\nEvolution\u2019s trick<br \/>\nAn unimaginable catch<br \/>\nRelease<br \/>\nGiving everything fore free<br \/>\nHowever crypt ticket<br \/>\nThat message in a bottle<br \/>\nEverything for sail<br \/>\nMonkey sea<br \/>\nMonkey due<br \/>\nThat inescapable lesson<br \/>\nThat uncanny ajar<br \/>\nAnd say<br \/>\nMonkeys<br \/>\nUncle<br \/>\nLet go<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Letting go and getting on with the good life, that bye the weigh which is not hanging on to wealth, power, and status. 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