Such gentle, soothing words.
\nWhen I first heard this song,
\nhe was Cat Stevens.
\n9\/11 meant a day on your American calendar. (Europeans would write 11\/9)
\nNo genital mutilation.
\nNo Sudan refugees. And so many horrifying political situations.
\nNo reality TV. Imagine a world without KarTrashians!
\nHow I miss those days.<\/p>\n
Do I miss those days enough to trade: When I listen to the song again, I hear the meaning of the refrain: Such gentle, soothing words. When I first heard this song, he was Cat Stevens. 9\/11 meant a day on your American calendar. (Europeans would write 11\/9) No genital mutilation. No Sudan refugees. And so many horrifying political situations. No reality TV. Imagine a world without…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1998"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3182,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1998\/revisions\/3182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe Kings winning the Stanley Cup
\nThe Good Wife<\/em> and Man Men<\/em> and The Bridge<\/em> and (the list goes on…)
\ngoogle and all things internet (GPS and memory cards and flash drives)
\ndigital cameras and plasma TVs
\nthe Smart car
\niPhones and iPads and iEverything
\nto get them back?
\n
\nWould turning back time mean losing my personal amazing memories and experiences?<\/em><\/p>\n
\nPraise for creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"