{"id":311,"date":"2020-04-30T15:14:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T15:14:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/15-2\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2020-04-30T20:28:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T20:28:26","slug":"three-strikes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/three-strikes\/","title":{"rendered":"Three Strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by <strong>Amanda Layne<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">she was young once\u00a0<br>a wild goose chase in the flesh\u00a0<br>a daring damsel in constant unrest\u00a0<br>trying and always doing her best\u00a0<br>but now she was dying, failing the test\u00a0<br>emotions aside, remain repressed\u00a0\u00a0<br>and hidden behind\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">peaches &amp; cream\u00a0<br>cherry-kissed lips\u00a0\u00a0<br>blueberry eyes\u00a0<br>a cinnamon twist\u00a0<br>peppery nose, vanilla teeth\u00a0<br>yellow, bleached locks\u00a0<br>with brown underneath\u00a0<br>sit back and relax\u00a0<br>they\u2019re drinking again\u00a0<br>kick up your feet\u00a0<br>it\u2019s about to begin\u00a0<br>open the door\u00a0<br>greeting mat in a shamble\u00a0<br>goodbyes are hellos\u00a0<br>avoid neighborhood scandals\u00a0<br>no one can know\u00a0<br>how hard you try\u00a0<br>golden-girl smiles\u00a0<br>honey-stuck flies\u00a0<br>the camera is flashing\u00a0<br>it\u2019s time, strike a pose\u00a0<br>today\u2019s the big game\u00a0<br>they just mustn\u2019t lose\u00a0<br>checkered apron is tied\u00a0<br>the home team is behind\u00a0<br>salty lashes up to bat\u00a0<br>slams one to the sky\u00a0<br>down fall the stitches\u00a0<br>hanging on by a thread\u00a0<br>an old, coded message\u00a0<br>back from the dead\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">just take the chance\u00a0<br>go ahead, teach the lesson\u00a0<br>and while their heads are all turned\u00a0<br>the runner steals second\u00a0<br>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Amanda Layne she was young once\u00a0a wild goose chase in the flesh\u00a0a daring damsel in constant unrest\u00a0trying and always doing her best\u00a0but now she was dying, failing the test\u00a0emotions aside, remain repressed\u00a0\u00a0and hidden behind\u00a0 peaches &amp; cream\u00a0cherry-kissed lips\u00a0\u00a0blueberry eyes\u00a0a cinnamon twist\u00a0peppery nose, vanilla teeth\u00a0yellow, bleached locks\u00a0with brown underneath\u00a0sit back and relax\u00a0they\u2019re drinking again\u00a0kick up&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/three-strikes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Three Strikes<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-311","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":312,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/311\/revisions\/312"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}