{"id":1467,"date":"2025-09-11T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/?p=1467"},"modified":"2025-11-22T05:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:00:29","slug":"09-11-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/09-11-25\/","title":{"rendered":"09\/11\/25 A New Aphorism for a New Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-body-of-water-with-a-factory-in-the-background-scaled.jpg?fit=840%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1470\" style=\"width:483px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-body-of-water-with-a-factory-in-the-background-scaled.jpg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-body-of-water-with-a-factory-in-the-background-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-body-of-water-with-a-factory-in-the-background-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-body-of-water-with-a-factory-in-the-background-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-body-of-water-with-a-factory-in-the-background-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-body-of-water-with-a-factory-in-the-background-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-body-of-water-with-a-factory-in-the-background-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-body-of-water-with-a-factory-in-the-background-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/a-body-of-water-with-a-factory-in-the-background-GE8p2YeUhZI\">Yuriy Vertikov<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"\">(My piece for today is an aphorism, instead of a haiku.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"\">If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you learn to swim, you can scare away the fish and tell him you can&#8217;t help him anymore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Build a factory along the shore that pollutes the waters, and you can make him work for you to earn his good on your wages<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Blast from the Past:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">When someone&#8217;s freedom<br>Can be turned into profit,<br>Then the end is nigh.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(My piece for today is an aphorism, instead of a haiku.) If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day. If you learn to swim, you can scare away the fish and tell him you can&#8217;t help him anymore. 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