{"id":384,"date":"2021-04-14T03:51:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T03:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-2\/?page_id=384"},"modified":"2021-04-28T19:32:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T19:32:11","slug":"a-tree-is-not-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/a-tree-is-not-a-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;a tree is not a woman&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\"><strong>Dan Raphael<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA tree is not a woman\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">mark sargent<\/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\">a tree is not a woman<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a woman is not a car<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">a car is not breakfast but can bring some<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">breakfast can happen anytime, anywhere<\/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\">clocks never stop, the gps always has a number<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">even if it\u2019s just pulling it out of the oosphere<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">no numbers or letters in the sky, no shopping there<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">no need for cash or card<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">you can make so many things with what the sky holds<\/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\">like this drawer i haven\u2019t opened for months<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i pull a fresh t-shirt over my head<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">and all i can see is sky<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">those aren\u2019t clouds they\u2019re trees<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">not wind but unfocussed intention<\/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\">some places there\u2019s just one tree, too small to see<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">most people\u2019s cars are their feet, with pockets instead of a trunk<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">after emptying all my pockets i need to refill them<\/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\">some days i\u2019m incapable of being naked<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">i get so still a tree tries to climb me<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">clouds want to release all the sky stuck inside me<\/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\">why not a census of trees<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">why not police drones tracking squirrels<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">hug enough trees you\u2019ll grow bark inside your clothes<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">this patch of soil has such perfect exposure and drainage<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dan Raphael &nbsp; \u201cA tree is not a woman\u201d mark sargent &nbsp; a tree is not a woman a woman is not a car a car is not breakfast but can bring some breakfast can happen anytime, anywhere &nbsp; clocks never stop, the gps always has a number even if it\u2019s just pulling it out&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/a-tree-is-not-a-woman\/\">Continue Reading &#8220;a tree is not a woman&#8221;<\/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-384","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/384","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=384"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/384\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":761,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/384\/revisions\/761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}