{"id":375,"date":"2020-04-30T20:09:51","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T20:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/15-2\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2020-04-30T20:28:33","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T20:28:33","slug":"to-be-a-man","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/to-be-a-man\/","title":{"rendered":"To be a Man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">by Jay Yonan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When a body does not match the brain<br>But the brain does not match the world<br>What is to be obeyed?<br><br>Concealed teeth<br>Grime of unwashed hair\u00a0<br>The color on my nails rubbed off<br>Reluctantly cutting the most familial tie<br>As I act a mere pawn in this wretched game<br><br>Yet the self is just as potent<br>Take out the weight in my chest<br>Calm the shriek for which I utter<br>Just a moment of peace, I ask<br>A moment without such tension<br>Disconnection<br>A moment to be\u00a0<br>Myself<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Jay Yonan When a body does not match the brainBut the brain does not match the worldWhat is to be obeyed? Concealed teethGrime of unwashed hair\u00a0The color on my nails rubbed offReluctantly cutting the most familial tieAs I act a mere pawn in this wretched game Yet the self is just as potentTake out&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/poetry\/to-be-a-man\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">To be a Man<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"pages\/no-sidebar.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-375","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375","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\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/15-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions\/376"}],"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=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}