{"id":5924,"date":"2024-11-05T14:35:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T19:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=5924"},"modified":"2024-11-05T14:35:27","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T19:35:27","slug":"poem-king-of-the-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/05\/poem-king-of-the-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: King of the Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to post this before the election was complete &#8212; however long that may be. The reference to Biden reveals how long ago I wrote this poem. Still, I am cursed with timely and timeless themes, so&#8230;this could apply to any presidential race in my lifetime&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>King of the Hill<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The battle for capital hill<br \/>\nIs off<br \/>\nTo the razes<br \/>\nOverrun buy<br \/>\nCorporate prophets<br \/>\nAffront lyin\u2019<br \/>\nIn the art of the compromised<br \/>\nAnd war its extension<br \/>\n666<br \/>\nLike bullets to ahead<br \/>\nWeave rationales for the frayed<br \/>\nAnd spectacular overlooks<br \/>\nOf democracy a ledge<br \/>\nLeaving US<br \/>\nHolding won\u2019s breath<br \/>\nBarren such inspiration for all<br \/>\nHelled as necessary<br \/>\nBiden our time<br \/>\nDonning such a peril<br \/>\nAs emperors knew clothes<br \/>\nThe deal clothed<br \/>\nPutting us in a terrible blind<br \/>\nThe mustiest of musts<br \/>\nNot passing<br \/>\nThe smell attest<br \/>\nAs who will lose<br \/>\nThe least<br \/>\nAs groan from the middle out<br \/>\nAnd the top<br \/>\nDown with being behind<br \/>\nThe curtains<br \/>\nFor the wrest of US<br \/>\nOnly won thing posed<br \/>\nIn perpetual cries is<br \/>\nBy hour puppeteers<br \/>\nWho gets<br \/>\nTo be king<br \/>\nWile won thing is a sure abet<br \/>\nNot giving<br \/>\nA hill of beings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to post this before the election was complete &#8212; however long that may be. The reference to Biden reveals how long ago I wrote this poem. Still, I am cursed with timely and timeless themes, so&#8230;this could apply &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/05\/poem-king-of-the-hill\/\">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":[],"class_list":["post-5924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: King of the Hill | Poems | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"POEM: King of the Hill, Poems, Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/05\/poem-king-of-the-hill\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Top Pun\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/poem-king-of-the-hill\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/poem-king-of-the-hill\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Top Pun\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"headline\":\"POEM: King of the Hill\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-05T19:35:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/poem-king-of-the-hill\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Poems\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/poem-king-of-the-hill\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/poem-king-of-the-hill\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/poem-king-of-the-hill\\\/\",\"name\":\"POEM: King of the Hill | Poems | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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