{"id":1907,"date":"2016-10-21T14:38:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T13:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/?p=1907"},"modified":"2016-10-22T02:39:38","modified_gmt":"2016-10-22T01:39:38","slug":"grass-grows-in-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/?p=1907","title":{"rendered":"Grass grows in Detroit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grass grows in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Someone asked me<\/p>\n<p>what is so good about Detroit?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I said: Grass grows in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>When bad things happen,<br \/>\nGrass grows in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Between the houses.<\/p>\n<p>On the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh green life, exuberant and ready to play.<\/p>\n<p>A network to protect the stressed surface and give it time to recover.<\/p>\n<p>Renewal.<\/p>\n<p>When humans wreak destruction large,<br \/>\nMother Nature renews&nbsp;her command<br \/>\nand grass grows in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>When other cities riot and loot,<br \/>\nWhen their denizens tear at the fabric of decency,<br \/>\nDoes grass grow?&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>No.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Do empty lots turn to meadows of green and gold?<br \/>\nDo wildflowers reach for the sun?<br \/>\nDo people rise?<\/p>\n<p>Only in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>Time moves ever forward.<br \/>\nWhich way do the people go?<\/p>\n<p>When fires burn and flames ravage,<br \/>\nThe ground is prepared anew,<br \/>\nand grass grows in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>When spirit wanes and strength fails,<br \/>\nWhen rivers flood and trees fall,<br \/>\nWhen the very earth boils in pain,<br \/>\nTime passes.<\/p>\n<p>And grass grows in Detroit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grass grows in Detroit. Someone asked me what is so good about Detroit?&nbsp; I said: Grass grows in Detroit. When bad things happen, Grass grows in Detroit. Between the houses. On the ground. Fresh green life, exuberant and ready to play. A network to protect the stressed surface and give it time to recover. Renewal. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1907"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1911,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1907\/revisions\/1911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atomicalex.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}