{"id":7154,"date":"2025-05-29T04:36:33","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T08:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7154"},"modified":"2025-05-28T19:39:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T23:39:23","slug":"poem-whys-guise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/poem-whys-guise\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Whys Guise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that at some point each of us ask, &#8220;Why me?&#8221; How often have you asked yourself, &#8220;Why not me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Whys Guise<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Who no\u2019s the troubles<br \/>\nI have scene<br \/>\nIs it just<br \/>\nA madder of time<br \/>\nAs I find myself<br \/>\nMore than prone<br \/>\nIn choiring mines<br \/>\nWhy me?<br \/>\nLife in treating me<br \/>\nGrate times for awe<br \/>\nAnd still I here<br \/>\nOf chorus<br \/>\nEnjoined<br \/>\nBy a simple quest in<br \/>\nWhy not me?<br \/>\nThat mortal ask<br \/>\nWeather ascertain as can be<br \/>\nOr just smite due<br \/>\nA countenance<br \/>\nOf praise or preys<br \/>\nThe secret of whys guise<br \/>\nEvery wear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems that at some point each of us ask, &#8220;Why me?&#8221; How often have you asked yourself, &#8220;Why not me?&#8221; Whys Guise Who no\u2019s the troubles I have scene Is it just A madder of time As I find &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/29\/poem-whys-guise\/\">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":[9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Whys Guise | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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