Large cavernous room.<\/p>\n
High, vaulted ceilings.<\/p>\n
Wood floor.<\/p>\n
Metal and plastic.<\/p>\n
Tables and people strategically squished.<\/p>\n
Maximum efficiency and profit.<\/p>\n
Loud music with exciting beats.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Wha_ ___ you o_der?<\/em><\/p>\n What?<\/em><\/p>\n What did you order<\/strong>?<\/em><\/p>\n An individual free range, organic, gluten free pan pizza.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019ve ___rd those ___ rea___ _ood.<\/em><\/p>\n What?<\/em><\/p>\n I\u2019ve heard those are really good<\/strong>. I ordered<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n The grass fed, low fat special chef\u2019s salad. \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Lunch rush pace quickens.<\/p>\n Tables fill with gourmand patrons.<\/p>\n Kitchen yells and sizzles.<\/p>\n Dishes clank and glasses ping.<\/p>\n Voices rise in volume<\/p>\n To be heard above the din of diners,<\/p>\n The cacophony of customers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Above the noise and frenzy<\/p>\n A lone voice cries out.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s get out of here!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Fork in hand, he leads the procession<\/p>\n Of trembling, overstimulated followers<\/p>\n To a quiet park.<\/p>\n Silence broken only by the twittering of birds<\/p>\n And the chewing of food.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n By Sue Storts<\/p>\n 08\/13\/2016<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Large cavernous room. High, vaulted ceilings. Wood floor. Metal and plastic. Tables and people strategically squished. Maximum efficiency and profit. Loud music with exciting beats. Wha_ ___ you o_der? What? What did you order? An individual free range, organic, gluten free pan pizza. I\u2019ve…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":737,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20632","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632","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\/737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20632"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21336,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20632\/revisions\/21336"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20632"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20632"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20632"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}