{"id":18875,"date":"2022-02-27T07:00:02","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T12:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=18875"},"modified":"2022-02-26T08:18:17","modified_gmt":"2022-02-26T13:18:17","slug":"evolving-emotions-blizzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2022\/02\/27\/evolving-emotions-blizzard\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Emotions: Blizzard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My legs are like columns of sheeted glass<\/p>\n<p>They burn with an anger<\/p>\n<p>I have neglected them<\/p>\n<p>Left them to be battered<\/p>\n<p>By a blizzard, hardly forgiving<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My hands chip like old plaster<\/p>\n<p>Revealing the life underneath<\/p>\n<p>The pain of red<\/p>\n<p>Numbed in the cold<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My hair discourages logic<\/p>\n<p>Protests order<\/p>\n<p>And wreaks havoc<\/p>\n<p>In front of my eyes<\/p>\n<p>Shielding my face<\/p>\n<p>Enough to obscure<\/p>\n<p>But not enough to warm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A cry inside<\/p>\n<p>Screaming for<\/p>\n<p>Something<\/p>\n<p>Anything<\/p>\n<p>To feel again<\/p>\n<p>To know that all will calm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ice sets in<\/p>\n<p>Hardening the bones<\/p>\n<p>Congealing their marrow<\/p>\n<p>Hindering the joints<\/p>\n<p>Straining the throat<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The blizzard takes hold<\/p>\n<p>Despite my hope<\/p>\n<p>For a light flurry<\/p>\n<p>Following the storm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-18876\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20201219_180135668_iOS-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20201219_180135668_iOS-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20201219_180135668_iOS-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/20201219_180135668_iOS.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My legs are like columns of sheeted glass They burn with an anger I have neglected them Left them to be battered By a blizzard, hardly forgiving &nbsp; My hands chip like old plaster Revealing the life underneath The pain of red Numbed in the cold &nbsp; My hair discourages logic Protests order And wreaks [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":18426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1774,1520,34,281,1574,15,236],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18875"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19021,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18875\/revisions\/19021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}