{"id":92127,"date":"2021-06-26T14:19:22","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T18:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=92127"},"modified":"2021-07-06T21:35:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T01:35:44","slug":"pandemic-exercise-hour-6-half-marathon-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/pandemic-exercise-hour-6-half-marathon-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandemic Exercise (Hour 6 Half Marathon 2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pandemic Exercise<br \/>\n(Hour 6 Half Marathon 2021)<\/p>\n<p>By David Hirsh<\/p>\n<p>After sitting and zooming<br \/>\nFor several hours<br \/>\nSeveral days in a row,<br \/>\nMy legs needed a good stretching<br \/>\nI had been sitting too long<br \/>\nAnd my pulse rate<br \/>\nNeeded a little boost<br \/>\nEven though it was<br \/>\nin the middle\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 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used to jog down these streets<br \/>\nAvoiding the cars<br \/>\nWearing bright clothing<br \/>\nTo make sure I was seen<br \/>\nNow my pulse raced at a much slower speed<br \/>\nThen when I would jog or run<br \/>\nI felt lonely without a car in sight<br \/>\nIt could have been night<br \/>\nI could have been dressed in black<br \/>\nI could have been naked<br \/>\nThere was no one to see me<br \/>\nExcept those faces frozen\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Hidden behind walls and windows<\/p>\n<p>I went from one block to another<br \/>\nDown the middle of the street<br \/>\nWhere cars had roamed<br \/>\nAnd had honked me to attention<br \/>\nThe trees were still green<br \/>\nThe flowers were in bloom<br \/>\nBees buzzed around the flowers<br \/>\nMost of the yards<br \/>\nWere overgrown with grass\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 and dandelions\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Various insects played among<br \/>\nThe grass waving in the breeze<\/p>\n<p>After about an hour<br \/>\nI arrived back home<br \/>\nTook the mail from the box<br \/>\nAnd went to sit 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