{"id":327,"date":"2020-11-18T01:32:57","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T01:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-1\/?page_id=327"},"modified":"2020-11-20T13:55:38","modified_gmt":"2020-11-20T13:55:38","slug":"imaginary-life","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/poetry\/imaginary-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Imaginary Life"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Imaginary Life<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine if wings\u00a0\u00a0<br>grew from our laces,\u00a0<br>oxygen would be our pavement\u00a0<br>Concrete dreams\u00a0\u00a0<br>for our feet to stand on\u00a0<br>as we run towards the stars\u00a0<br>&amp; dance in the night sky\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine if bricks\u00a0<br>didn\u2019t have to be\u202f\u00a0<br>cold stones burned hot\u00a0<br>marooned in mortar\u00a0<br>offsetting stacks\u202f\u00a0<br>bound by gray area\u00a0<br>baked under the sun\u2019s watch\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine if the skies\u202f\u00a0<br>cracked thunder\u00a0<br>filling our pockets\u202f\u00a0<br>with lightning\u2014\u00a0<br>could we find gratitude\u202f\u00a0<br>in our electric smiles?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine if the rabbit\u202f\u00a0<br>lived in the moon\u00a0<br>Hearts floating\u202f\u00a0<br>into ethereal clouds\u00a0<br>rice grains pounding\u202f\u00a0<br>the drum\u00a0<br>Immortality\u202f\u00a0<br>engraved in our fingerprints.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Imagine if the universe\u202f\u00a0<br>fit in the space\u202f\u00a0<br>between your fingers\u00a0<br>between life and love\u00a0<br>reality filtered through\u202f\u00a0<br>infinity lenses\u00a0<br>sharpened\u202f\u00a0<br>against the edges\u202f\u00a0<br>of light\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Would I be happier?&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nImaginary Life&nbsp; Imagine if wings\u00a0\u00a0grew from our laces,\u00a0oxygen would be our pavement\u00a0Concrete dreams\u00a0\u00a0for our feet to stand on\u00a0as we run towards the stars\u00a0&amp; dance in the night sky\u00a0 Imagine if bricks\u00a0didn\u2019t have to be\u202f\u00a0cold stones burned hot\u00a0marooned in mortar\u00a0offsetting stacks\u202f\u00a0bound&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/poetry\/imaginary-life\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Imaginary Life&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-327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327","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=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":441,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions\/441"}],"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=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}