{"id":6469,"date":"2025-03-19T12:14:43","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=6469"},"modified":"2025-03-19T12:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T16:17:55","slug":"poem-a-lowly-sign-of-the-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/19\/poem-a-lowly-sign-of-the-times\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: A Lowly Sign of the Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Street protests matter, as the winds of change, even if they don’t bring immediate wins or alone bring utopia.<\/p>\n

A Lowly Sign of the Times<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nOn social media
\nA bout my street protest
\nIn my vains
\nA perfect example
\nOf people talking
\nA bout what they do not no
\nAs if
\nRazing a stink
\nIt is
\nNever
\n\"ENDEnough!
\nRuling their virtual whirled
\nDis regarding
\nApart of the solution
\nAffront of their efface
\n3-D\u2019s better than an F
\nYou
\nWith emoji fist bumps
\nWile
\nI\u2019m out
\nPumping irony
\nA lowly sign of the times<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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