{"id":13227,"date":"2026-03-16T18:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=13227"},"modified":"2026-03-16T18:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:51:19","slug":"day-the-world-stops-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/day-the-world-stops-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"DAY THE WORLD STOPS &#8212; a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/day-the-world-stops-optimized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-38602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/day-the-world-stops-optimized.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/day-the-world-stops-optimized-557x696.png 557w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/day-the-world-stops-optimized-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n<p>DAY THE WORLD STOPS<\/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>03-18-2023<\/p>\n<p>Oh how we love our electronic gadgets,<br \/>\nWe use them almost every single day,<br \/>\nBut what if something were to happen,<br \/>\nAnd suddenly they are taken all away?<\/p>\n<p>Now just stop and think for a moment,<br \/>\nExactly how your life would then be,<br \/>\nWe are so dependent on our inventions,<br \/>\nWould we be driven to total insanity?<\/p>\n<p>If you believe that I over exaggerate,<br \/>\nWhat if the Internet drops for an hour?<br \/>\nNice folks angrily growl at their ISP,<br \/>\nOh yes, they quickly become very sour.<\/p>\n<p>But imagine if all of our devices stop,<br \/>\nFor at least weeks, months or even more,<br \/>\nSo many things that we take for granted,<br \/>\nWe would come to a standstill for sure.<\/p>\n<p>Cooking, banking, shopping and driving,<br \/>\nEntertainment, clocks, phones &#038; cooling,<br \/>\nWe&#8217;d go nuts without all of these things,<br \/>\nSo tell me who do we think we&#8217;re fooling?<\/p>\n<p>Such a bleak scenario is quite possible,<br \/>\nA powerful solar flare could do us all in,<br \/>\nOr a bomb exploded in the atmosphere,<br \/>\nCould help the other side to quickly win.<\/p>\n<p>Yet even tho we&#8217;re aware of the danger,<br \/>\nWhat can we do to avoid such a fate?<br \/>\nWe are so enslaved by our creations,<br \/>\nQuite frankly, I dare say it is too late.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Poetry #Poem DAY THE WORLD STOPS by Bill Kochman https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry 03-18-2023 Oh how we love our electronic gadgets, We use them almost every single day, But what if something were to happen, And suddenly they are taken all away? 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