{"id":370,"date":"2021-04-14T03:40:24","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T03:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-2\/?page_id=370"},"modified":"2021-04-28T21:52:27","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T21:52:27","slug":"sylvia-softly-humming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/sylvia-softly-humming\/","title":{"rendered":"Sylvia Softly Humming"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Jenna Hren<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As yours, my skin boils<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A scab picked over<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My whole body bleeding<\/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\">Skin the red<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of some rancid apple<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mealy and malicious<\/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 have skinned an apple<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And seen blood gush out<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs yours, my skin boils\u201d<\/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\">5 am peeling<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of lips and oranges;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Scabs<\/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\">Torrential pooling in result<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In requiem of self<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the oranges<\/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\">Making windchimes<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Afternoons float on<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A mourning dove\u2019s song<\/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\">My little project broke<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Glass bottle breaking<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On my mothers carpet<\/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\">Shards lie under her<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bare christmas tree<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Void of glean and pooling<\/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\">Turn on that faucet<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And let the dam break<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On my face<\/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\">Run now away<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As to not flood my family<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or drown so publicly<\/p>\r\n\r\n\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\">Throw apples at my bruised<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cheeks and sliced thighs<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As mine, my skin boils<\/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\">Stratified out and separate<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No comparisons to be made<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No romanticizing and parallelling<\/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\">None of the apples<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Or the oranges<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">None of the peeling and slicing<\/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\">There were no boils on her skin<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When her lungs were being scared<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Only a towel beneath her cheek<\/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\">Ovens heat faces<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Basements devour light<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My mothers skin knows the sun<\/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\">My fingers tap cold<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unidentifiable in such fog<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I feel no comfort when she grabs my hand<\/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 grab back<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And after some moments leave<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Knowing some fault lies here<\/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\">As mine, my skin boils<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over with renewing shame<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something to be peeled<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Something that cannot remain<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jenna Hren &nbsp; As yours, my skin boils A scab picked over My whole body bleeding &nbsp; Skin the red Of some rancid apple Mealy and malicious &nbsp; I have skinned an apple And seen blood gush out \u201cAs yours, my skin boils\u201d &nbsp; 5 am peeling Of lips and oranges; Scabs &nbsp; Torrential pooling&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/sylvia-softly-humming\/\">Continue Reading Sylvia Softly 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