{"id":117,"date":"2023-12-01T01:52:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T01:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/19-1\/?page_id=117"},"modified":"2023-12-01T01:52:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T01:52:30","slug":"you-text-me-your-grief-i-send-you-a-gif","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/poetry\/you-text-me-your-grief-i-send-you-a-gif\/","title":{"rendered":"You Text Me Your Grief I Send You a Gif"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5>James Croal Jackson<\/h5>\n<p>The meme I choose is two<\/p>\n<p>different species of bears<\/p>\n<p>give each other a hug oh what<\/p>\n<p>a shackle in the storm, the window<\/p>\n<p>in the wind as your father dies<\/p>\n<p>you ask me for advice I think<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 I\u2019m not good at funerals.<\/p>\n<p>Still, the appleseed. Bears<\/p>\n<p>hugging in our distance.<\/p>\n<p>What more word<\/p>\n<p>is there to give? This<\/p>\n<p>gif the pitchfork tuned<\/p>\n<p>into melancholic<\/p>\n<p>meat. You say your<\/p>\n<p>father is broccoli<\/p>\n<p>and I can\u2019t gush<\/p>\n<p>of the trees a kind<\/p>\n<p>of mental gum.<\/p>\n<p>I want to console better,<\/p>\n<p>a little heavily,<\/p>\n<p>when I close my eye<\/p>\n<p>lids a nostalgic melody<\/p>\n<p>of rice and potatoes<\/p>\n<p>and an animal inside<\/p>\n<p>me wanting to be called<\/p>\n<p>delusional\u2013 a dandelion<\/p>\n<p>in February\u2013 if I call<\/p>\n<p>you on the phone<\/p>\n<p>the words (what<\/p>\n<p>words) will fall<\/p>\n<p>like feathers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Croal Jackson The meme I choose is two different species of bears give each other a hug oh what a shackle in the storm, the window in the wind as your father dies you ask me for advice I think \u2013 I\u2019m not good at funerals. Still, the appleseed. Bears hugging in our distance. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/poetry\/you-text-me-your-grief-i-send-you-a-gif\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;You Text Me Your Grief I Send You a Gif&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":120,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/117\/revisions\/120"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}