{"id":8481,"date":"2025-10-18T15:50:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-18T19:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=8481"},"modified":"2025-10-18T15:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-18T19:50:23","slug":"poem-put-in-a-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/18\/poem-put-in-a-box\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Put in a Box"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ViolenceViolence is too hubris-ridden, full of juicy justifications, to not reliably rebound. Nonviolence in response to violence calls for great creativity and courage…<\/p>\n

Put in a Box<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

We have bin
\nTolled
\nOver and over agin
\nThe soul thing
\n\"ForceUnder stand
\nThat sum people
\nIs violence
\nAnd when you get
\nThe chants
\n\u201cKill them\u201d
\nAnd ask not for whom
\n\u201cFor us\u201d
\nAnd know surprise
\n\"ViolenceWhen effaced with
\nAnon violence
\nThinking outsized
\nThe box<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Violence is too hubris-ridden, full of juicy justifications, to not reliably rebound. 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