{"id":3567,"date":"2021-03-06T23:09:45","date_gmt":"2021-03-06T23:09:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=3567"},"modified":"2021-03-06T23:09:45","modified_gmt":"2021-03-06T23:09:45","slug":"my-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=3567","title":{"rendered":"my choice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WIN_20210306_10_51_52_Pro-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3568\" src=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WIN_20210306_10_51_52_Pro-2-291x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"291\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WIN_20210306_10_51_52_Pro-2-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/WIN_20210306_10_51_52_Pro-2.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 85vw, 291px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>as I sit<br \/>\nin seclusion<br \/>\nthe pandemic<br \/>\nroars around me<br \/>\nlike a hungry lion<br \/>\nI have limited<br \/>\nchoices<br \/>\nas far as movement<br \/>\nbeyond my walls<br \/>\nof confinement<br \/>\nmy condition<br \/>\ndue to a health condition<br \/>\nworsens my chances<br \/>\nto survive the virus<br \/>\nif it finds me<br \/>\nwhen I leave my space<br \/>\nit&#8217;s like walking<br \/>\nin space<br \/>\nwith a space suit<br \/>\nI have to mask up<br \/>\nand keep my distance<br \/>\nso others<br \/>\nand myself<br \/>\nhave less a chance<br \/>\nof getting sick<br \/>\nin spite of my efforts<br \/>\nto be considerate<br \/>\nand kind to others<br \/>\n<em>my choice<\/em><br \/>\nI see others<br \/>\nstill gathering in groups<br \/>\nnot keeping distance<br \/>\nor wearing masks<br \/>\nsadness overcomes me<br \/>\nfor my fellow humans<br \/>\nas I sit<br \/>\nin seclusion<br \/>\nthe pandemic<br \/>\nroars around me<br \/>\nlike a hungry lion<\/p>\n<p>peace out<\/p>\n<p>Words by ~Keith Alan Hamilton~<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>as I sit in seclusion the pandemic roars around me like a hungry lion I have limited choices as far as movement beyond my walls of confinement my condition due to a health condition worsens my chances to survive the virus if it finds me when I leave my space it&#8217;s like walking in space &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/?p=3567\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;my choice&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordimagerystyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3569,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3567\/revisions\/3569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.keithalanhamilton.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}