{"id":10078,"date":"2026-03-16T01:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=10078"},"modified":"2026-03-16T01:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T15:34:11","slug":"wild-west-world-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/wild-west-world-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"WILD WEST WORLD &#8212; a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wild-west-world-optimized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wild-west-world-optimized.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wild-west-world-optimized-557x696.png 557w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/wild-west-world-optimized-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n<p>WILD WEST WORLD         <\/p>\n<p>by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Bill's Bible Basics Poetry and Songs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n<p>08-27-2019<\/p>\n<p>What a wild west world we live in now,<br \/>\nEverything just seems so very odd,<br \/>\nPeople are sinning so blatantly,<br \/>\nThey behave as if there is no God.<\/p>\n<p>Defying all His holy Commandments,<br \/>\nSuch fools spit in the Lord&#8217;s face,<br \/>\nTrampling His Laws under their feet,<br \/>\nOh what a terribly wicked place!<\/p>\n<p>What was wrong has now become right,<br \/>\nEven though it&#8217;s written in His Book,<br \/>\nBut they don&#8217;t care and just sin on,<br \/>\nRefusing to even take another look.<\/p>\n<p>Such confusion abounds everywhere,<br \/>\nFolks don&#8217;t even know their gender,<br \/>\nGiving way to their fleshly lusts,<br \/>\nThey abuse our children so tender.<\/p>\n<p>Gun violence too has seared our land,<br \/>\nUnleashed anger kills not just a few,<br \/>\nThe death tally rises with each year,<br \/>\nBut politicians don&#8217;t know what to do.<\/p>\n<p>Unborn babes ripped from mother&#8217;s womb,<br \/>\nBut some women say it is for the best,<br \/>\nAbortionists love to rake in the dough,<br \/>\nHappily they fulfill a girl&#8217;s request.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s many drugs to change our mood,<br \/>\nForget reality let&#8217;s all just get high,<br \/>\nBut when society starts to fall apart,<br \/>\nWill anyone even bother to ask why?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it&#8217;s a wild west world we have now,<br \/>\nGod&#8217;s Word is not the law of the land,<br \/>\nSomeone needs to take up this fight,<br \/>\nAre you willing to take a stand?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Poetry #Poem WILD WEST WORLD by Bill Kochman https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry 08-27-2019 What a wild west world we live in now, Everything just seems so very odd, People are sinning so blatantly, They behave as if there is no God. 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