{"id":2173,"date":"2023-06-10T16:46:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-10T16:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/?p=2173"},"modified":"2024-01-25T00:10:24","modified_gmt":"2024-01-25T00:10:24","slug":"degradation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/2023\/06\/10\/degradation\/","title":{"rendered":"Degradation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">Degradation\nMadie Phillips, '23\n\nI like to say I suck at things,\nMuch like one sucks on a lollipop,\nA green apple one, to be exact.\n\nThat burst of sugary sweet and joy\nInterwoven with breaks of longing\nFor the sweetness again.\n\nI can have confidence in things for only so long\nBefore either my mind or my body\nDecides to take a break from the lollipop,\n\nAnd I sit there yearning for the sweetness,\nThe taste of pride and joy on my tongue.\nThe flavor of green apple turns sour\n\nAs I tell others that I suck because\nThe breaks feel longer than the bursts of flavor;\nA lollipop only lasts for so long before dissolving.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madie Phillips, &#8217;23<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"full-width-single-post.php","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[55,9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2173"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2175,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2173\/revisions\/2175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jdlitmag.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}