{"id":484,"date":"2021-04-15T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T01:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/16-2\/?page_id=484"},"modified":"2021-04-28T20:12:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T20:12:23","slug":"decadence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/decadence\/","title":{"rendered":"Decadence"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt\">Maia Huddleston<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ten years from now (most likely)<br \/>i\u2019m crying at 2 a.m. because i want to know that i\u2019ll be there when my firstborn decides they<br \/>want to kill themself for the first time<br \/>sam sleeping calmly beside me<br \/>i choke my pillow and push my guilt back down my throat<br \/>in the morning i\u2019ll eat some cereal<br \/>take my kid to school and go to work at the office,8-5:30 p.m.<br \/>heat leftover spaghetti from the night before in the break room, wipe the tomato guts from the<br \/>virgin walls of the microwave<br \/>answer telephone calls<br \/><em>thank you for calling Pilson Auto Centers this is **** how may i direct your call?<\/em><br \/>pick my kid up from school<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ten years from now (we\u2019ll see)<br \/>i host a wine tasting at my shop<br \/>sam helps me decorate the place, keeps telling me how proud he is of me<br \/>that i created something so beautiful<br \/>so innovative<br \/>our foster kids stay at home for the evening, not old enough to drink but too old to need a sitter<br \/>they each have their own room<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ten years from now (if i go crazy)<br \/>i sign a year-long contract with Walgreens, shifting their marketing efforts to bring in Gen Z<br \/>the headquarters is in A City I\u2019ve Never Heard Of, massachusetts<br \/>i do my research. change my tinder, bumble, hinge locations<br \/>i need to meet a man to help me hang art on the flaking walls of my one bedroom<br \/>i need to meet a woman to wrap her arms around me as i vomit my memory<br \/>my heart gets broken every month; it hurts but i find someone else to fill the void<br \/>my family grieves for me, though i am still alive<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maia Huddleston &nbsp; ten years from now (most likely)i\u2019m crying at 2 a.m. because i want to know that i\u2019ll be there when my firstborn decides theywant to kill themself for the first timesam sleeping calmly beside mei choke my pillow and push my guilt back down my throatin the morning i\u2019ll eat some cerealtake&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/decadence\/\">Continue Reading Decadence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-484","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484","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\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":817,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/484\/revisions\/817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/16-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}