{"id":27160,"date":"2026-03-16T15:46:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=27160"},"modified":"2026-03-16T15:46:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:46:18","slug":"bottom-of-the-barrel-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/bottom-of-the-barrel-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"BOTTOM OF THE BARREL — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

BOTTOM OF THE BARREL<\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

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

08-19-2024<\/p>\n

At the bottom of the barrel,
\nThat’s where my posts are,
\nOn all the social networks,
\nThey just never go very far.<\/p>\n

Yes, shadow banned for life,
\nAlways seems to be my fate,
\nThose liberals don’t like me,
\nI just can’t get out the gate.<\/p>\n

Even though I post so much,
\nFriends ask where I’ve been,
\nBut I’ve been here all along,
\nJust so trapped in their pen.<\/p>\n

Maybe you know this story,
\nBecause you’re trapped too,
\nAnd though you may protest,
\nThey just won’t let you thru.<\/p>\n

Fellow prisoners in our bonds,
\nWe strive to preach the truth,
\nOur enemies just don’t like it,
\nThey about go thru the roof.<\/p>\n

Yet we each do what we can,
\nEven if we reach only a few,
\nWe have to obey our Father,
\nAs He has ordered us to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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