{"id":9251,"date":"2026-01-27T10:11:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=9251"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:11:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:11:28","slug":"poem-might-verses-mite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/27\/poem-might-verses-mite\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Might Verses, Mite"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The poor and disenfranchised will gather together and defeat the rich and mighty&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Might Verses, Mite<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>The widow showed up the rich with her two very small copper coins \u2013 term mites to what the rich wood know.<\/em> \u2013from Mark 12:41-44<\/p>\n<p>The farces of death<br \/>\nIn a greed mutuality<br \/>\nDissemble<br \/>\nTo raze up<br \/>\nThe whirled<br \/>\nIn the soul weigh know how<br \/>\nAs if pro-seeding<br \/>\nIn a mass funereal<br \/>\nStill born agin and agin<br \/>\nNo-ing this in life<br \/>\nAnd this a loan<br \/>\nAssure wrest weigh<br \/>\nTo improve won\u2019s reputation<br \/>\nIs to dye<br \/>\nWith a pedigreed shroud<br \/>\nAs laud as they can be<br \/>\nGiving only their ordained elegies<br \/>\nAnd far-flung reps<br \/>\nStoried in the shit<br \/>\nAnd kingdom\u2019s maid<br \/>\nAbut a lass<br \/>\nThe mighty will<br \/>\nBe bought<br \/>\nDown<br \/>\nTo their Lilliputian devices<br \/>\nAssure as mite makes rite<br \/>\nA widow\u2019s generosity and sacrifice<br \/>\nTrumps opulent means<br \/>\nA mite as a mote in the eye<br \/>\nSum kind of poetic just us<br \/>\nVerses the most grandiose planks<br \/>\nPoliticians ever be helled<br \/>\nWith every mote<br \/>\nA storm\u2019n the castle<br \/>\nAnd when we find ourselves<br \/>\nWeather many or few<br \/>\nEven<br \/>\nIn the mettle<br \/>\nOf that minority of won<br \/>\nIn pesky persistence<br \/>\nAs a mosquito<br \/>\nA mist the dark<br \/>\nDisturbing the peace<br \/>\nOf king-size knuckle aheads<br \/>\nSo so trying<br \/>\nToo wrest<br \/>\nIn their shady manors<br \/>\nThat wring in their years<br \/>\nThe buzz that madders<br \/>\nOne people<br \/>\nTo rule them<br \/>\nAwe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The poor and disenfranchised will gather together and defeat the rich and mighty&#8230; Might Verses, Mite The widow showed up the rich with her two very small copper coins \u2013 term mites to what the rich wood know. \u2013from Mark &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/01\/27\/poem-might-verses-mite\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,38,15],"tags":[110,114,106],"class_list":["post-9251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poems","category-political-action","category-political-and-philosophical-musings","tag-power","tag-powers-that-be","tag-rich"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>POEM: Might Verses, Mite | Poems, Political Action, Political and Philosophical Musings | Top Pun&#039;s Poetry, Funny Puns, Free Posters, Public Health Radio Show! 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