{"id":93341,"date":"2021-06-26T15:53:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T19:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/?p=93341"},"modified":"2021-06-26T15:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-26T19:54:40","slug":"build-back-normal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/build-back-normal\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Back Normal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Build Back Normal<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Can\u2019t wait to get back to Normal.<\/p>\n<p>How most people did things<\/p>\n<p>in the Before Times,<\/p>\n<p>the way we dressed, behaved, interacted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Old normality wasn\u2019t Normal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps it\u2019s too late for a Better Normal.<\/p>\n<p>Already roaring back to the normal of<\/p>\n<p>mass shootings,<\/p>\n<p>wealth and justice inequality,<\/p>\n<p>scruffy appearance,<\/p>\n<p>loud, rude, and thoughtless behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Ignorant and proud of it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aspire to a New and Better Normal.<\/p>\n<p>Caring for and about<\/p>\n<p>ourselves and others,<\/p>\n<p>treating people with<\/p>\n<p>kindness and consideration.<\/p>\n<p>Valuing our history and<\/p>\n<p>striving to learn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Build Back Normal &nbsp; Can\u2019t wait to get back to Normal. How most people did things in the Before Times, the way we dressed, behaved, interacted. &nbsp; Old normality wasn\u2019t Normal. &nbsp; Perhaps it\u2019s too late for a Better Normal. Already roaring back to the&#8230;<\/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-93341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-half-marathon-poem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93341","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=93341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93362,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93341\/revisions\/93362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepoetrymarathon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}