{"id":9630,"date":"2026-05-26T16:44:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/?p=9630"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:44:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T20:44:07","slug":"poem-top-down-bottom-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toppun.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/26\/poem-top-down-bottom-up\/","title":{"rendered":"POEM: Top Down, Bottom Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

If we have a revolution in America, I suspect that it will be due to massive income inequality…<\/p>\n

Top Down, Bottom Up<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t get it
\nAs a madder of fact
\nThat\u2019s exactly the point
\nOf that rich love
\nOf a convertible democracy
\nTop down
\nAnd an economy drunk on greed
\nBottoms up
\nMean wile
\nThe wrest of US
\nMay just find
\nOurselves losing it
\nAwe
\nThat wee ever had
\nAn economy re-nude
\nWhat we may
\nBe left with
\nIs flash mobs
\nTo arouse a revolution
\nIn the face of
\nTops down
\nAnd bottoms up<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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