{"id":230,"date":"2021-11-28T22:33:20","date_gmt":"2021-11-28T22:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/17-1\/?page_id=230"},"modified":"2021-11-28T22:33:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T22:33:20","slug":"bow-down","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/17-1\/bow-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Bow Down"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>Chris Skiles<\/h5>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">BOW DOWN<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">THAT was probably a mistake I made too late in my life<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">At an early age let out of the cage to thrive.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is life? that I may ask\u2014<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The question, as to why I\u2019ve had to kiss so much ass.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To success I\u2019ve been near. But there are<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Some\u00a0questions you do not ask here.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Led out of class to tears and\u00a0fears;<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">To sharpened pencils and sharper jeers.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Let on the bus<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Not allowed to cuss any at home<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Left to\u00a0fucking deal\u00a0with my frustrations alone.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Trapped inside my own home<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">I often worried and wondered why<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Asking God, looking up at the sky<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With ashes\u2019\u00a0rain coming down.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">But I like the rain;\u00a0however\u00a0I do not like the pain<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Of the sun beating down<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">On my brow<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Made to the God I thought to know<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Forced to Bow Down.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris Skiles BOW DOWN\u00a0 THAT was probably a mistake I made too late in my life\u00a0 At an early age let out of the cage to thrive.\u00a0 \u00a0 What is life? that I may ask\u2014\u00a0 The question, as to why I\u2019ve had to kiss so much ass.\u00a0 To success I\u2019ve been near. 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