{"id":281,"date":"2020-11-18T01:24:05","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-1\/?page_id=281"},"modified":"2020-11-20T02:27:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T02:27:53","slug":"directions-to-a-faith-for-the-faithless","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/poetry\/directions-to-a-faith-for-the-faithless\/","title":{"rendered":"Directions to a Faith for the Faithless"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Directions to a Faith for the Faithless<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To get there, suck your ichor back\u00a0
from the mouth of your old favorite\u00a0
blue eyed blonde haired\u00a0angel\u00a0
fucker. It will feel divine\u202f\u00a0
to leave her a sad, shriveled sack\u00a0
so\u00a0make sure you don\u2019t do that.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Divinity has never been a friend\u00a0
and\u00a0won\u2019t\u00a0be, where you\u2019re going.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your drop of blood reclaimed,\u00a0
go to the deepest woods you know\u00a0
and spit in the eye of your family.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then join a\u00a0twink\u00a0on some balcony\u00a0
so\u00a0you can mooch his hard seltzers,\u00a0
all for the moment you see yourself\u00a0
at last, in the eye of a pet gecko.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Its golden sclera will seethe,\u00a0
being the sole refuge of a pupil slit\u00a0
when it envelops all: The Royal You\u00a0
who thought gold was a friend,\u00a0either\u00a0
until it all gives way to black.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Come to, and realize you never slept\u00a0
but would be better for it if you did.\u00a0
Shake the feeling of being pranked.\u00a0
You\u00a0weren\u2019t\u00a0pranked. You were\u00a0
a prank. Put yourself on a clothesline,\u00a0
not to dry, but to pretend you want to.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Captured in breeze, you might score\u00a0
a new angle. Acute goodness\u00a0
from a whim. She has what you need,\u00a0
but for now, has a narrow view.\u00a0
She will pretend she\u00a0doesn\u2019t\u00a0see you\u00a0
so\u00a0make sure she does. Meet first.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then feel the length of your best digit\u00a0
as it spans her whole jaw. Recognize\u00a0
the power of bone, how noble you\u00a0weren\u2019t.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may be in love, but take a breather\u00a0
before you speak. Do not try to swallow\u00a0
any geckos. Neither are appropriate\u00a0
on a first date.\u00a0So\u00a0don\u2019t stop there.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\nDirections to a Faith for the Faithless\u00a0 To get there, suck your ichor back\u00a0from the mouth of your old favorite\u00a0blue eyed blonde haired\u00a0angel\u00a0fucker. It will feel divine\u202f\u00a0to leave her a sad, shriveled sack\u00a0so\u00a0make sure you don\u2019t do that.\u00a0 Divinity has…\n<\/div>\n
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