{"id":237,"date":"2026-04-29T22:09:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/?page_id=237"},"modified":"2026-04-29T22:09:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:09:36","slug":"copper-rainbow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/poetry\/copper-rainbow\/","title":{"rendered":"Copper Rainbow"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;font-size: 14pt;color: #003366\">Zariah Jefferson<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">Rarity is a hoax<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">In her eyes I see the most beautiful of bronze metals<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">Her skin layers of copper<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">A body meant for design<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">A white marble statue right by her side<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">Now their feet dance with a fluorescent glow<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">With diamonds at their heels and cracks on their back<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">As specks of pyrite form freckles on their faces<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">Some stones are dim<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">More fragile than others<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">Precious gems to be worn with pride<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">Every ounce of her being is glorious<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">A blood stream of rubies that blends with the bronze above<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;color: #666699\">Creates a jeweled rainbow as common as the daily sunrise<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zariah Jefferson Rarity is a hoax In her eyes I see the most beautiful of bronze metals Her skin layers of copper A body meant for design &nbsp; A white marble statue right by her side Now their feet dance with a fluorescent glow With diamonds at their heels and cracks on their back As&hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"toivo-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/poetry\/copper-rainbow\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Copper Rainbow<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":21,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_theme","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-237","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":278,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/237\/revisions\/278"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}