{"id":8670,"date":"2026-03-16T06:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/?p=8670"},"modified":"2026-03-16T06:04:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T20:04:41","slug":"merry-go-round-a-poem-by-bill-kochman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billkochman.com\/Blog\/index.php\/merry-go-round-a-poem-by-bill-kochman\/","title":{"rendered":"MERRY-GO-ROUND — a poem and song by BBB"},"content":{"rendered":"

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#Poetry #Poem<\/p>\n

MERRY-GO-ROUND <\/p>\n

by Bill Kochman<\/p>\n

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

07-11-2022<\/p>\n

We all live on a merry-go-round,
\nWhere the horses are all the same,
\nProblems just keep on repeating,
\nBut no one wants to take the blame,<\/p>\n

It is just wash, rinse and repeat,
\nAs those horses pile up the money,
\nWhile we struggle to survive daily,
\nOur lives are far from being sunny.<\/p>\n

Our nation is filled with abortion,
\nWe often hear of a mass shooting,
\nTell me, does it honestly matter,
\nFor which party we are rooting?<\/p>\n

Nothing really seems to change,
\nThe pols live in their own bubble,
\nBut for those of us on the bottom,
\nFor food and gas we pay double.<\/p>\n

They keep on promising us a fix,
\nWhile they spend decades in DC,
\nIt is time to boot out old horses,
\nThey don’t care about you and me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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