{"id":8384,"date":"2025-10-02T15:51:29","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:51:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=8384"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:51:29","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:51:29","slug":"poem-in-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/02\/poem-in-neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: In Neutral"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IfUnquestionably, we are living in times when if we do not vigorously question the many endemic injustices surrounding US and take action to end them, then we are the problem.<\/p>\n

In Neutral<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor\u201d
\n\u2013 Desmond Tutu<\/p>\n

He had herd
\nThe easiest weigh
\nTo enter the human raze
\nBuy submitting
\nParking it
\nIn neutral
\nWhere he went
\nAs fast as he could
\nComforted by the way things whir
\nStupefied by glorious revs
\nDumb founded by the rumble
\nThe choke full throttle
\nBullishly putting exhaustion to the rear
\nHe didn\u2019t no
\nWhere he was going
\nButt was making
\nGreat time<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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