{"id":438,"date":"2023-12-08T19:41:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.illinoisstate.edu\/euphemism\/19-1\/?page_id=438"},"modified":"2023-12-08T19:41:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:41:40","slug":"dear-jeff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/poetry\/dear-jeff\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Jeff"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"width: 100%;height: 20px\" width=\"126\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 20px\">\n<td style=\"height: 20px\" width=\"126\">\n<h5>Charlotte Steiger<\/h5>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>This morning I got out of bed<br \/>\nI have a routine<br \/>\nToday I decided to check what was new<br \/>\nMy collarbones are visible up to each designated shoulder<br \/>\nAs obvious as my chestbones arrayed in perfect order<br \/>\nThree horizontal shadows that move when I do<br \/>\nWhen I wish you what you deserve<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nNot death<br \/>\nDeath is too peaceful for my liking<br \/>\nDeath delivers solitude when there is nothing else to suffice<br \/>\nBut rather, I want to revoke what has ever given you reassurance<br \/>\nUntil you\u2019re left to sit in silence<br \/>\nAlone with nothing except what could\u2019ve been, and never will<br \/>\nPraying \u2013 ground me with the angels \u2013 because that\u2019s all you have left<br \/>\nTo deal with the migraines<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nTonight I bid you the best of luck<br \/>\nI have an outfit chosen for tomorrow<br \/>\nA dress my mother approved after I twirled around the kitchen<br \/>\nAfter she practiced aloud her testimony that read,<br \/>\n\u201cI will not comply to what you\u2019ve done to us\u201d<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAlthough I don\u2019t enjoy the many aftershocks of your decisions<br \/>\nI try my most anyway<br \/>\nI\u2019m still going to brush my teeth &amp; clock into work<br \/>\nReminiscing about the day the dread reciprocates<br \/>\nOnce you finally get what you\u2019ve always deserved<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charlotte Steiger This morning I got out of bed I have a routine Today I decided to check what was new My collarbones are visible up to each designated shoulder As obvious as my chestbones arrayed in perfect order Three horizontal shadows that move when I do When I wish you what you deserve &nbsp; &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/poetry\/dear-jeff\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Dear Jeff&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"parent":11,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-438","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438","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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/19-1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/438\/revisions\/439"}],"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=438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}