The Un-normal'

There is normal heatlty living.' There is sub-standard and full of i'lls, then a new
Term 
Was tacked up in 2020 by some snake oil
Selling shills' thinking now in hindsight.?
That gets my blood to chill.' New-normal.?
Was the term rolled out, by those drainstream
Media  types, simpering and a'whimpering
All white teeth; slimline suits.and hype.'
Yet all around an (un-normal!) reigned
That no one it seemed could name.? In
Thinking now, the word they coined was
A mirror to the lies deciet and pain.' Much
Was false, and socially un-acceptable in
The main.' Yet eased into a closure? we saw small buisnesses shut, there was a
Waryness of your neighbour, while the
Governance exuded trust.' Yes i know it
Was un-normal, this had never been done
Before..Because it would cause devestation to free living, and independant buisness ' now thats for sure.'
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Anaya Avatar
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Joe, thank you for your visit on my "The Devil's East Wing". "Normal" is nothing to brag about. War is normal. Feuds are normal. Genocide has been normalized. They'll call me abnormal, for bucking the status quo my poet friend~
Maverick Avatar
November 6, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Maybe we should flip A coin.' To phrase a term..Even then there a double headed examples.' A snapshot of Politics..What can we learn.?
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