{"id":7363,"date":"2025-07-21T10:36:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7363"},"modified":"2025-07-21T10:36:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T14:36:25","slug":"poem-happiness-depends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/21\/poem-happiness-depends\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Happiness Depends"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happiness depends on…or not.<\/p>\n

Happiness Depends<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

He was inexplicably happy
\nHaving absconded
\nIn describable plays
\nFrom wents know one knows
\nA life a verse to most
\nA posit of just a bout awe there is
\nTaking on par
\nFor the coarse
\nIn loo of
\n\u201cTheir happiness depends\u2026\u201d
\nOn
\nAnd on
\nA sentence that can\u2019t be finished
\nWell
\nAccept riddled with conundrums
\nSubject to wiled ups and downs
\nIn dependence of every won
\nCondition ill
\nOn each sick complaint
\nSuch as is
\nThat determined buy
\nHow ever pro cure
\nFor ever panned obsolescence
\nOf affront and arrear
\nOf coarse
\nWhen the shit hits
\nMany how be it
\nRely on Depends\u00ae<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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