{"id":175,"date":"2018-04-18T00:20:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-18T00:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/13-2\/?page_id=175"},"modified":"2018-09-15T21:02:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T21:02:35","slug":"time-and-salt","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/13-2\/time-and-salt\/","title":{"rendered":"Time and Salt"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Allison Madura <a style=\"font-size: small;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BiVVAnwHTFJ\/?taken-by=euphemismisu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Bio)<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>She was <em>embryo<\/em> and scalpel<br \/>\nall in one<br \/>\nthis tango of two-never-becoming,<br \/>\npumice stone made hip bones<br \/>\n<em>powder<\/em> (v.)<br \/>\ndusting the corners of the counter<br \/>\nroll out hot sugar with careful hands into this,<br \/>\nan interplanetary hard candy<br \/>\nin the flavor <em>forgotten<\/em><br \/>\nlike the way she feels about the scent of Geraniums,<br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 50px;\">the kindest flower.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>She met him with <em>rigidity<\/em><br \/>\nwas so careful to tightly wrap<br \/>\nsobriety<br \/>\nin the napkin pressed between her thighs,<br \/>\nwished for a moment she was blind so to<br \/>\n<em>braille<\/em> (v.)<br \/>\nhis body, watch her rouge with each step<br \/>\nbetween her door and his and<br \/>\nso much quicker with lights left on, you see<br \/>\nlovers are less passive than concrete, but so much better<br \/>\nat keeping secrets<br \/>\nrise to meet her, she will name you <em>begotten<\/em>,<br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 50px;\">the end of her becoming.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p>She began to <em>plant<\/em> the garden, his hands plate<br \/>\nsproutlings, divided dunes like<br \/>\ngrave-mound hedge rows, hold your breath<br \/>\nout of respect for the dead<br \/>\nkeep a scorpion in your back pocket so to<br \/>\n<em>Santeria<\/em> (v.)<br \/>\nthe remainder of some boyhood desire and<br \/>\ndon\u2019t leave wet clothes in the bottom of the ash bag,<\/p>\n<p>that\u2019s a recipe for <em>widows<\/em>, the kind that<br \/>\nbit your mother, the kind you imitate in stride<br \/>\none shadow-walk away from<\/p>\n<p>the Monday I can\u2019t forgive<br \/>\nhas Matcha morning breath and syrup<br \/>\nthick brain-smog, like windows left<br \/>\nopen in a hurry, the back door<br \/>\nunlocked in hasty<\/p>\n<p><em>liturgy<\/em> (v.)<br \/>\nremove the mattress and the frame,<br \/>\nsit up straight, maintain posture<br \/>\nunbroken eye contact with the dawn<br \/>\ncall your sisters, let them<br \/>\n<em>temple<\/em> (v.)<br \/>\nall matters unholy<br \/>\nwash yourself, and then again<br \/>\nclean, but do not burn<br \/>\nthe skin, save that sting for sunshine kisses<br \/>\nthere is still touch you <em>deserve<\/em><br \/>\nforgiveness is not always the best option<br \/>\nso when she meditates to remember,<br \/>\n<em>sometimes kindness needs a quiet place<br \/>\nto grow<\/em><\/p>\n<p>even if it\u2019s not for him, feed yourself<br \/>\nfrom finger tilled gardens,<br \/>\nlabor can be fruit itself, become a<br \/>\ntangerine, for no reason other than the color,<br \/>\n<em>poultice<\/em> (v.)<br \/>\nbug bites with ambrosia<br \/>\nbuy new sheets and all the apricots<br \/>\n<span style=\"padding-left: 50px;\">from every store in town.<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Allison Madura (Bio) She was embryo and scalpel all in one this tango of two-never-becoming, pumice stone made hip bones powder (v.) dusting the corners of the counter roll out hot sugar with careful hands into this, an interplanetary hard candy in the flavor forgotten like the way she feels about the scent of Geraniums, <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/13-2\/time-and-salt\/\">Read 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