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Thursday, November 25, 2021

Thanksgiving Parade Haiku

This Brave New World, XXXVI
written in response to Joe Biden's phone interview: "After two years, we're back. America is back. There's nothing we're unable to overcome" 

Thanksgiving parade
stretching around the corner
a food bank lineup


FYI: CBC News, November 25: Balloons, dancers and a cheering crowd: Macy's Thanksgiving parade returns in 'full strength: 'America is back,' U.S. president says in phone interview.

To U.S. President Joe Biden, the parade's full-fledged return was a sign of renewal, and he called NBC broadcaster Al Roker on-air to say so.

"After two years, we're back. America is back. There's nothing we're unable to overcome," Biden said over the phone from Nantucket, Mass., where he was watching the broadcast with his family.