{"id":309,"date":"2021-04-13T22:26:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T22:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-2\/?page_id=309"},"modified":"2021-04-29T00:18:51","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T00:18:51","slug":"true-grit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/true-grit\/","title":{"rendered":"True Grit"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Frank Modica<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If I could walk far enough,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">find an old growth forest,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019d dig my fingers into virgin soil<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">under a luxuriant canopy,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">take in the smells of mulching leaves,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">feel the soothing breeze through the branches,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but I don\u2019t have enough time for an expedition,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">unread books pile up on a desk,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">unanswered emails swell in my inbox,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and a cold front is coming soon.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the weather turns,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">before my cell phone chimes,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">before another Amazon package arrives,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I put on a jacket, lace up my shoes,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hike to a city park down the street.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Along an asphalt pathway<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I caress blue joint grass<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">sweet flag, purple cone flowers\u2013\u2013<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">all the nature<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I can accommodate on my excursion,<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">but it never is enough.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I eat a small handful of dirt<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to feel the grittiness on my tongue<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">before I spit out a few sharp stones.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Modica &nbsp; If I could walk far enough, find an old growth forest, I\u2019d dig my fingers into virgin soil &nbsp; under a luxuriant canopy, take in the smells of mulching leaves, feel the soothing breeze through the branches, &nbsp; but I don\u2019t have enough time for an expedition, unread books pile up on&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/true-grit\/\">Continue Reading True Grit<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309","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\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":911,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/309\/revisions\/911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}