{"id":5948,"date":"2025-01-27T11:11:17","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=5948"},"modified":"2025-01-27T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:14:40","slug":"poem-the-dark-aside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/27\/poem-the-dark-aside\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: The Dark Aside"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dark psyche of America has risen its ugly ahead. May we awe be living in disinfecting sunshine.<\/p>\n

The Dark Aside<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Welcome to the dark aside
\nShrouding starry infernos by night
\nAnd anything of substance casting
\nShadow by day
\nAnd peerless timing
\nAt high noon
\nWhere the shadow
\nIs at the bottom of our soles
\nIts revealing feat
\nWeather epic or mundane
\nToo tend to the deference between
\nCool respite or infernal shadiness
\nThe beguiling plays of obscure figuring
\nTeeming with inclinations
\nKnown by many angles
\nMeting the worst of awe
\nI\u2019m morality
\nCasting aside
\nAwe others<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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