{"id":3988,"date":"2026-04-03T13:57:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=3988"},"modified":"2026-04-03T13:57:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:57:27","slug":"spectacles-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/spectacles-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"SPECTACLES — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

SPECTACLES <\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

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

12-02-2016<\/p>\n

We are a spectacle to the world,
\nExtremists some even dare to say,
\nThey just don’t understand us,
\nAnd they don’t embrace our way.<\/p>\n

They claim that we are all crazy,
\nOur beliefs are just pie in the sky,
\nYet one thing of which I’m certain,
\nWe know our fate when we die.<\/p>\n

But nonbelievers have no hope,
\nAnd can look only to the grave,
\nSalvation waits not for them,
\nNor the Gift that Jesus gave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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