{"id":56,"date":"2019-11-20T16:30:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/15-1\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2019-12-06T21:44:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T21:44:25","slug":"garden-of-deceit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/garden-of-deceit\/","title":{"rendered":"Garden of Deceit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5>by Cara Forbes<\/h5>\n<p>Welcome to the garden,\u00a0<br>\nThe garden of deceit.\u00a0<br>\nYou\u2019ll be here a while,\u00a0\u00a0<br>\nSo here, take a seat.\u00a0<br>\nReach for the apples,\u00a0<br>\nFreshly ripened\u2014to eat!\u00a0<br>\nTake a big bite,\u00a0<br>\nThey\u2019re juicy and sweet.\u00a0<br>\nExcept in this garden,\u00a0<br>\nThey\u2019re poisoned by cheats.\u00a0<br>\nIt\u2019ll course through your veins,\u00a0<br>\nAnd fill you with grief.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><br>\n\n<p>Go ahead and smell the roses,\u00a0<br>\nBreathe in their sweet perfume.\u00a0<br>\nBut watch out! There\u2019s thorns!\u00a0<br>\nYou silly little fool!\u00a0<br>\nYou came to my garden,\u00a0\u00a0<br>\nThinking you were immune?<br>\nNot in the garden of deceit,\u00a0<br>\nWhere everyone is doomed\u00a0<br>\nTo be victims of our tricks,\u00a0<br>\nAnd stories that confuse.\u00a0<br>\nStories with so many branches,<br>\u00a0\nAll truth is misconstrued.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><br>\n\n<p>There\u2019s much to see here,\u00a0<br>\nFeel free to look around!\u00a0<br>\nBut ease caution every step,\u00a0<br>\nWho knows\u00a0what\u2019s solid ground?\u00a0<br>\nWe\u2019ll have you fumbling for truths,<br>\u00a0\nWhere only lies can be found.<br>\nWe\u2019ll laugh as you fall,\u00a0<br>\nAnd make you out for a clown.<br>\u00a0\nBut it\u2019s only just a game,\u00a0<br>\nNo need for such a frown!\u00a0<br>\nWe only\u00a0wanna\u00a0show you,\u00a0<br>\nHow everyone\u00a0let\u2019s\u00a0you down.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Cara Forbes Welcome to the garden,\u00a0 The garden of deceit.\u00a0 You\u2019ll be here a while,\u00a0\u00a0 So here, take a seat.\u00a0 Reach for the apples,\u00a0 Freshly ripened\u2014to eat!\u00a0 Take a big bite,\u00a0 They\u2019re juicy and sweet.\u00a0 Except in this garden,\u00a0 They\u2019re poisoned by cheats.\u00a0 It\u2019ll course through your veins,\u00a0 And fill you with grief.\u00a0\u00a0 Go <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/garden-of-deceit\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":530,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}