{"id":7250,"date":"2025-08-08T17:41:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:41:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7250"},"modified":"2025-08-08T17:41:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T21:41:28","slug":"poem-flimsy-whimsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/08\/poem-flimsy-whimsy\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Flimsy Whimsy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I aspire to be a juggernaut of whimsy…<\/p>\n

Flimsy Whimsy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

His whimsy
\nWins shot threw
\nWith wholes
\nAs bowling over
\nAn incalculable number of angles
\nDancing on a pinhead
\nAnd broke in
\nThe mine
\nOf the presser
\nLike a reed
\nThat can’t be
\nPut down
\nBuy throwing the book at him
\nFlaying spines
\nAnd judging more
\nBye cover
\nThan soles fleeing
\nAnd legends untolled
\nAs what is
\nAmiss understanding
\nFrayed in a sense
\nOf what weave got
\nIn order
\nToo win
\nA basket case
\nGoing know where<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I aspire to be a juggernaut of whimsy… Flimsy Whimsy His whimsy Wins shot threw With wholes As bowling over An incalculable number of angles Dancing on a pinhead And broke in The mine Of the presser Like a reed … Continue reading →<\/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-7250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-and-philosophical-musings"],"yoast_head":"\nPOEM: Flimsy Whimsy | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! %<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"POEM: Flimsy Whimsy, Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings, Top Pun'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\/2025\/08\/08\/poem-flimsy-whimsy\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Top Pun\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/08\\\/poem-flimsy-whimsy\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/08\\\/poem-flimsy-whimsy\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Top Pun\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"headline\":\"POEM: Flimsy Whimsy\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-08T21:41:28+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/08\\\/poem-flimsy-whimsy\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":91,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/23524eae4bc27be85d1cdc01bc6d380e\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Poems\",\"Political and Philosophical Musings\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/08\\\/poem-flimsy-whimsy\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/08\\\/poem-flimsy-whimsy\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/toppun.com\\\/blog\\\/2025\\\/08\\\/08\\\/poem-flimsy-whimsy\\\/\",\"name\":\"POEM: Flimsy Whimsy | Poems, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun's Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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