{"id":363,"date":"2026-04-29T22:11:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/?page_id=363"},"modified":"2026-04-29T22:11:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T22:11:58","slug":"s-t-a-t-i-c","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/euphemism.illinoisstate.edu\/21-2\/poetry\/s-t-a-t-i-c\/","title":{"rendered":"S t a t i c"},"content":{"rendered":"

Megan Spreadbury<\/span><\/h1>\n

compact discs<\/span><\/p>\n

spin in broken radios<\/span><\/p>\n

never reading<\/span><\/p>\n

music etched in<\/span><\/p>\n

the shining halo<\/span><\/p>\n

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

an altered reception<\/span><\/p>\n

scratched<\/span><\/p>\n

in the middle<\/span><\/p>\n

causing countless errors<\/span><\/p>\n

as over-used trials<\/span><\/p>\n

barter for<\/span><\/p>\n

a different outcome<\/span><\/p>\n

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

feverishly hoping<\/span><\/p>\n

the old instrument<\/span><\/p>\n

would acknowledge<\/span><\/p>\n

sanctity<\/span><\/p>\n

with indifference<\/span><\/p>\n

joyful in the static spaces<\/span><\/p>\n

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

when radio<\/span><\/p>\n

wouldn\u2019t read<\/span><\/p>\n

no<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n

making sounds<\/span><\/p>\n

of silence<\/span><\/p>\n

rather than attempts<\/span><\/p>\n

to notice the disc<\/span><\/p>\n

sat still and waiting<\/span><\/p>\n

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

when<\/span><\/p>\n

soft sound<\/span><\/p>\n

would pour out<\/span><\/p>\n

two steady speakers<\/span><\/p>\n

interrupted by<\/span><\/p>\n

buffering static<\/span><\/p>\n

taking its<\/span><\/p>\n

place<\/span><\/p>\n

in the middle of<\/span><\/p>\n

artful melodies<\/span><\/p>\n

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

as if<\/span><\/p>\n

forgotten words<\/span><\/p>\n

were the story<\/span><\/p>\n

of lost time<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Megan Spreadbury compact discs spin in broken radios never reading music etched in the shining halo \u00a0 an altered reception scratched in the middle causing countless errors as over-used trials barter for a different outcome \u00a0 feverishly hoping the old instrument would acknowledge sanctity with indifference joyful in the static spaces \u00a0 when radio wouldn\u2019t… <\/p>\n

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