{"id":241,"date":"2026-04-29T22:10:53","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/?page_id=241"},"modified":"2026-04-29T22:10:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:10:53","slug":"laugh-lines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/poetry\/laugh-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Laugh Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zariah Jefferson<\/span><\/h1>\n

There’s something romantic about smile lines<\/span><\/p>\n

I have marked you with happiness<\/span><\/p>\n

A primordial sense of peace<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As your crows fly up and down<\/span><\/p>\n

I can hear the age old chorus of contentment<\/span><\/p>\n

Each bird sings a song of struggle<\/span><\/p>\n

A tale of loss and hardship<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But through it all we laughed<\/span><\/p>\n

We cheered as hellish hurricanes flooded the streets<\/span><\/p>\n

Our tears made puddles of safety in the deadliest of droughts<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We fell in love through every choice we made<\/span><\/p>\n

In every laugh is my name<\/span><\/p>\n

In every photo my autograph<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

So laugh my darling, smile through the pain<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ll carve you a new smile<\/span><\/p>\n

And grant you a new name<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We love, love like Adam and Eve<\/span><\/p>\n

Like Jacob and Rachel<\/span><\/p>\n

An ancestral background of adoration<\/span><\/p>\n

Through a commitment of celestial binds<\/span><\/p>\n

Laugh with me Angel, till we see the end of time<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Zariah Jefferson There’s something romantic about smile lines I have marked you with happiness A primordial sense of peace \u00a0 As your crows fly up and down I can hear the age old chorus of contentment Each bird sings a song of struggle A tale of loss and hardship \u00a0 But through it all we… <\/p>\n

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