{"id":168,"date":"2019-04-09T00:40:15","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T00:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/14-2\/?page_id=168"},"modified":"2019-04-11T17:08:46","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T17:08:46","slug":"a-desperate-quest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/a-desperate-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"A Desperate Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Charley Tisch<\/h4>\n

a desperate quest<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span>for <\/span><\/span>a<\/span><\/span> phantom organ<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

aware of vacancy,<\/span> <\/span>i<\/span> p<\/span>lace <\/span>resolute<\/span>  <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

palms<\/span> <\/span>gently <\/span>against<\/span> my <\/span>hollow <\/span>chest<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

finger tips<\/span> <\/span>lefttouchingright<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

slowly taking grip<\/span> <\/span>  <\/span>of ribcage<\/span> <\/span>blades<\/span>,<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

pulling apart what was <\/span>                <\/span>once<\/span> <\/span>joined at the sternum<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

to reveal an<\/span> <\/span>organ <\/span>valley<\/span> <\/span>   <\/span>   <\/span> <\/span>   <\/span>          <\/span>  <\/span>  <\/span>of <\/span>dark purple tomato flesh<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

contrasting<\/span> <\/span>against <\/span>the <\/span>enamel<\/span> <\/span>              <\/span>luster<\/span> <\/span>of the calcified frame<\/span>;<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

the <\/span>p<\/span>ried apart<\/span>,<\/span> snap<\/span>                                           <\/span>–<\/span>ped in half wishbone.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

open they remain as <\/span>i<\/span> <\/span>ram<\/span> <\/span>trimmed nail fingers<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

into my own <\/span>beating <\/span>meat,<\/span>   <\/span>                          <\/span>worming them through<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

t<\/span>angled<\/span> <\/span>veins<\/span>, <\/span>searchin<\/span>g     <\/span> <\/span>without a mirror<\/span> <\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

for the vessel they say<\/span> <\/span>is <\/span>         <\/span>responsible<\/span> for l<\/span>ove.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Charley Tisch a desperate quest for a phantom organ  aware of vacancy, i place resolute    palms gently against my hollow chest,   finger tips lefttouchingright,  slowly taking grip   of ribcage blades,  pulling apart what was                 once joined at the sternum  to reveal an organ valley                         of dark purple tomato flesh  contrasting against the enamel               luster of the calcified frame;  the pried apart, snap                                           –ped in half wishbone.  open they remain as i ram trimmed nail fingers  into my own beating meat,                             worming them through  tangled veins, searching      without a mirror   for the vessel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/168\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/14-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}