Phase Two

The playground gates are open
And folks can eat outdoors
In restaurants and bars, as well as 
Shop inside of stores.

Salons and barbershops will make
Appointments for their cuts
But masks must be in place, of course,
No ifs or ands or buts.

Though offices may now begin
To welcome back their staff, 
The occupancy at one time
Cannot be more than half.

The city’s slowly crawling back, 
Yet normal it is not.
I guess we should appreciate 
The “normal” that we’ve got.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020



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Date: 6/25/2020 2:32:00 PM
Yeah, I hope we enjoy this phase and give humanity a new makeup to goodness, to life and to beauty. We will definitely overcome this pandemic. What a cute and nice poem.
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Date: 6/24/2020 1:40:00 AM
Amen to appreciating the new normal ~ crawl, walk, run.
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Date: 6/23/2020 8:22:00 PM
We're playing the old 'Count Your Blessings' and 'Polyanna' games. It works though!! ~ 17, 18, 19, 20, ...
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Date: 6/23/2020 3:15:00 PM
Hawai'i is certainly paying the price for allowing people to go without masks and congregate too soon, but we are daily reminded how quickly ONE person can infect 20-others, so perhaps more people will begin to understand, "pandemic"! Hang in there! Aloha! Rico
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Date: 6/22/2020 3:41:00 PM
I don't think things will ever be the same, not for a long time anyway, what worries me is these spike's in areas that have lifted too soon. Tom
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Date: 6/22/2020 3:14:00 PM
Glad to see things are changing for you and things are opening up again, this is the new normal and how long it will last is anyone's guess - apart from the border being closed and restrictions on visiting mum life is pretty much getting back to normal for us:-) just take care of yourself and your husband:-) hugs Jan xx
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