{"id":3386,"date":"2026-04-02T08:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=3386"},"modified":"2026-04-02T08:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T22:01:07","slug":"rant-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/rant-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"RANT &#8212; a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rant-optimized.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rant-optimized.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rant-optimized-557x696.png 557w, https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/rant-optimized-768x960.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n<p>RANT             <\/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>05-21-2018<\/p>\n<p>Today I read the morning paper,<br \/>\nI saw more tragedy in the news,<br \/>\nMore school kids were shot down,<br \/>\nBut those agencies had no clues.<\/p>\n<p>Black power against white power,<br \/>\nAll minorities want their rights,<br \/>\nDC has endless partisan politics,<br \/>\nWe get tired of all their fights.<\/p>\n<p>So many drugs in all our schools,<br \/>\nViolence and hatred in our streets,<br \/>\nGo online and it is much the same,<br \/>\nJust more rage in people&#8217;s tweets.<\/p>\n<p>Home sweet home is just a fantasy,<br \/>\nMom and dad yelling all the time,<br \/>\nMany children are so neglected,<br \/>\nOne brother is already doing time.<\/p>\n<p>Churches no longer preach the truth,<br \/>\nThey&#8217;re afraid of what people think,<br \/>\nSo they water down God&#8217;s message,<br \/>\nRaising to Heaven a terrible stink.<\/p>\n<p>Too many endless wars taking lives,<br \/>\nBecause cannon fodder is so cheap,<br \/>\nThe elite try to get away with it,<br \/>\nBeware, what you sow you will reap.<\/p>\n<p>Get murderous abortion on demand,<br \/>\nWomen&#8217;s health? No, that is a lie,<br \/>\nForgetting personal responsibility,<br \/>\nThey&#8217;d rather let a poor child die.<\/p>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s human trafficking,<br \/>\nBoth babies, children, women &#038; men,<br \/>\nLives have become just a commodity,<br \/>\nThey will sell you again and again.<\/p>\n<p>What a sad world we all now live in,<br \/>\nDevoid of human kindness and love,<br \/>\nInstead of acting with some courtesy,<br \/>\nWe prefer to demand, push &#038; shove.<\/p>\n<p>So many things wrong with this life,<br \/>\nI could very easily tell you more,<br \/>\nBut maybe I&#8217;ve already said enough,<br \/>\nAnd I don&#8217;t want to be just a bore.<\/p>\n<p>Thus I will bring an end to my prose,<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve given you enough to think about,<br \/>\nIf you like what I have written here,<br \/>\nPlease feel free to give me a shout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>#Poetry #Poem RANT by Bill Kochman https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Poetry 05-21-2018 Today I read the morning paper, I saw more tragedy in the news, More school kids were shot down, But those agencies had no clues. 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