How can a Point NOT be Within or Touch but still Intersect a polygon?

ST_Within(A,B) tells you whether "A is within B". Is the polygon within the point? Nope. ST_Contains(A, B) tells you whether "A contains B" and it is.

SELECT ST_Within(geom,pt), ST_Contains(geom,pt), ST_Touches(geom,pt), ST_Intersects(geom,pt)
FROM ( VALUES
    (
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    ST_GeometryFromText('POINT(-88.450000 42.135254)',4326)
    )
) AS t(geom, pt);

Here's the results as seen on my computer:

 st_within | st_contains | st_touches | st_intersects 
-----------+-------------+------------+---------------
 f         | t           | f          | t

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