{"id":297,"date":"2021-04-13T16:03:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T16:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-2\/?page_id=297"},"modified":"2021-04-28T20:36:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:36:32","slug":"everything-and-nothing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/everything-and-nothing\/","title":{"rendered":"everything and nothing"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Natalie Swanson<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a familiar fragrance invades my nostrils<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">for the briefest of moments, its<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a peculiarity an anomaly<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i ponder its origin for days<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">resorting to wretched memories<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">scorned dreams<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the starry array on my ceiling glances at me begging for an answer.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i whisper \u201cbe still, it won\u2019t be long\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and from the deepest depths<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">prized recollections only to be seen once in a lifetime<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">out of the wicked vault<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">emerges your scent.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the little infinity flashes before me<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">everything and nothing,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the nerve endings of my lips awaken<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to recall the first graze we shared<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">of honey lime and salt<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sweat dripping from our brow<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">shallow breaths and hollow hands<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">intestines crawling through my throat<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i utter your name out loud<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">like a gauche Shakespeare<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the formation of letters has lost its ease<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">back on the bike after years of running,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">recalling pierces my dreams.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i hear you cry my name<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sing my name<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">chant my name whisper it coo it<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">years of hopeless devotion<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">not a single thought on my mind besides<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">the closest moment i had to proclaim you<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and it\u2019s now in the blank space of heaven and earth.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Natalie Swanson &nbsp; a familiar fragrance invades my nostrils for the briefest of moments, its a peculiarity an anomaly i ponder its origin for days resorting to wretched memories scorned dreams the starry array on my ceiling glances at me begging for an answer. i whisper \u201cbe still, it won\u2019t be long\u201d and from the&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/everything-and-nothing\/\">Continue Reading everything and nothing<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":827,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/297\/revisions\/827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}