{"id":10195,"date":"2026-03-16T15:32:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=10195"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:32:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:32:15","slug":"with-a-grain-of-salt-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/with-a-grain-of-salt-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"WITH A GRAIN OF SALT — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

WITH A GRAIN OF SALT <\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry<\/a><\/p>\n

01-05-2017<\/p>\n

Muslims say the extremists are few,
\nYet each year their violence mounts,
\nPeople blown up, many heads cut off,
\nI no longer know true body counts.<\/p>\n

No faith is perfect, not even my own,
\nBut I know right & wrong in my head,
\nJesus taught us that we should love,
\nSo I really don’t wish anyone dead.<\/p>\n

Muslims can say whatever they like,
\nBut I take it with a big grain of salt,
\nIf their religion is hated even more,
\nIt is really just their own fault.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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