{"id":7148,"date":"2025-06-02T09:22:48","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T13:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7148"},"modified":"2025-06-02T10:57:31","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T14:57:31","slug":"poem-guilty-as","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/02\/poem-guilty-as\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Guilty As"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neutrality and wishy-washiness can be evil. I suspect most evil in this world is under the guise of: “I’m just doing my job” or “That’s not my job.”<\/p>\n

Guilty As<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\"f\u201cI know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm\u2014neither hot nor cold\u2014I am about to spit you out of my mouth.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2013Revelations 3:15-16
\n\u201cIf you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.\u201d<\/em>
\n\u2013Desmond Tutu<\/p>\n

They were neither
\nHot nor cold
\nLittle was
\nTheir own
\nAs just
\nDoing their job
\nOr simply knot
\nMy J\u014db
\nAs spit in image of God
\nThey were neither
\nPositive nor negative
\nGuilty as uncharged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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