{"id":7479,"date":"2025-07-11T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7479"},"modified":"2025-07-11T13:32:54","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T17:32:54","slug":"poem-glass-not-have-full","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/11\/poem-glass-not-have-full\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Glass Not Have Full"},"content":{"rendered":"

This poem offers another solution to satisfy the “Is the glass half full or half empty?” question. As a bonus, the poem incorporates another interpretation of the Zen joke: What did the Zen master say to the hotdog vendor?\u00a0 “Make me one with everything.”<\/p>\n

Glass Not Have Full<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The master debaters
\nArgue to no end
\nHow fool is hour glass
\nHave
\nOr have not
\nO Lord
\nTake this cup away
\nIt\u2019s sow much bigger
\nThen awe you give me
\nAre you just
\nHotdogging
\nMaking me won
\nWith everything<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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