{"id":323,"date":"2020-11-18T01:32:10","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-1\/?page_id=323"},"modified":"2020-11-20T13:46:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T13:46:03","slug":"thirtyfive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/poetry\/thirtyfive\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirtyfive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thirtyfive<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirtyfive\u00a0is a strange age to be\u202f\u00a0<br>trying to figure your shit out.\u00a0<br>Mistakes of my younger self,\u202f\u00a0<br>long shadows cast from the setting sun\u00a0<br>stretching miles ahead on uneven roads\u202f\u00a0<br>towards a sunrise\u00a0<br>uncertain\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirtyfive\u00a0is too old\u202f\u00a0<br>for the grace of failure,\u00a0<br>too young for gray wisdom.\u00a0<br>Time idly spent watching\u202f\u00a0<br>the stick figure dance to rhythm unheard,\u00a0<br>To songs unsung, flipping through the pages of life\u202f\u00a0<br>unlived\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirtyfive\u00a0is a looking glass\u202f\u00a0<br>&#8212; a shattered reflection of cascading buoyancy\u202f\u00a0<br>floating together in cobalt. vibrant and deep, aloof,\u202f\u00a0<br>swaying, drifting into the unknown\u00a0<br>Mesmerized by things that never were\u00a0<br>The void of dreams\u00a0<br>unfulfilled\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thirtyfive\u00a0is a gaping wound\u00a0<br>cauterized by Self-\u00a0<br>Love. Scars\u202f\u00a0<br>of healing blisters, jarring to touch\u00a0<br>numbed by the friction of seconds tick-tocking\u00a0into days\u202f\u00a0<br>like the sun rising from the west, these miracles\u202f\u00a0<br>unbelievable\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\">Thirtyfive\u00a0is a tree\u202f\u00a0<br>rooted in glory,\u00a0<br>planted unceremoniously in a graveyard\u00a0<br>for stale ether. fodder for fresh hope.\u00a0<br>The brush of verdant branches grows only in fertile soil.\u00a0<br>Yesterday&#8217;s ashes bear tomorrow&#8217;s fruit\u202f\u00a0<br>for Thirty-six\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nThirtyfive&nbsp; Thirtyfive\u00a0is a strange age to be\u202f\u00a0trying to figure your shit out.\u00a0Mistakes of my younger self,\u202f\u00a0long shadows cast from the setting sun\u00a0stretching miles ahead on uneven roads\u202f\u00a0towards a sunrise\u00a0uncertain\u00a0 Thirtyfive\u00a0is too old\u202f\u00a0for the grace of failure,\u00a0too young for gray wisdom.\u00a0Time&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/poetry\/thirtyfive\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Thirtyfive&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/no-intro.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-323","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":438,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/323\/revisions\/438"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}