{"id":7612,"date":"2025-08-11T12:01:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-11T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7612"},"modified":"2025-08-11T13:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-11T17:46:16","slug":"poem-high-and-lo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/11\/poem-high-and-lo\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: High and Lo"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have disabused myself of the lazy notion that things have to get worse before they can get better. There are better and worse choices in every situation. We can always choose better. There is no low in which we can’t go lower; and there is no high in which we can’t go higher…<\/p>\n

High and Lo<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There is no bottom
\nToo low
\nAs the world is fucked
\nThere is no pinnacle
\nToo soaring
\nAs humanity teems with love
\nThere are know boarders
\nIn the dominion of hubris
\nSteeling our hearts
\nThere are no fences
\nIn the hows of the spirit
\nGiven to awe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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