{"id":7764,"date":"2025-08-21T11:25:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=7764"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:25:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T15:25:54","slug":"poem-the-gravity-of-groundless-assertions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/21\/poem-the-gravity-of-groundless-assertions\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: The Gravity of Groundless Assertions"},"content":{"rendered":"

America is flying, high on groundless assertions. The laws of gravity cannot be mocked forever. Next up, some hard realty.<\/p>\n

The Gravity of Groundless Assertions<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In conclusion
\nHe jumped
\nFrom plane lies
\nUtterly unsupported
\nThat free falling for it
\nWind bag sans
\nAhead first
\nIn to realty
\nLearning the hard weigh
\nGroundless assertions
\nCan
\nEnd up
\nGrave
\nFeat swinging in the heir
\nSow much worse
\nThan a simple ton
\nOf invalid reasoning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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