{"id":8805,"date":"2016-01-01T23:18:13","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T23:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/?p=8805"},"modified":"2016-01-01T23:20:20","modified_gmt":"2016-01-01T23:20:20","slug":"resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/2016\/01\/resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Resolution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Resolution<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to pink
\ntherapy. Later, I\u2019ll see
\nabout red care. I\u2019m going
\nto trim all my ego\u2019s hangnails
\nand perfume that space
\nabove the soft
\npalate, just behind my uvula.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to have
\nall the hackles
\non my spine aligned
\nand I\u2019ve made an appointment
\nto have each problem plucked
\nfrom that very
\nlast nerve.<\/p>\n

And just temporarily, to see
\nwhether I\u2019d like it,
\nI\u2019m having my synapses dyed
\na pleasant color, robin\u2019s
\negg or eggplant.
\nAnd just maybe,
\nI have those spaces tucked
\nbetween my big and first toes.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll flavor the crook
\nof my arm and massage
\nthe glands at the folds
\nof my legs. I\u2019ll dip
\nthe ends of my hair
\nin chocolate.<\/p>\n

For once,
\njust once,
\nI\u2019m going to get in shape.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2000<\/strong><\/p>\n

This poem was first published in Ariel <\/em>(XIX)<\/strong>,\u00a0 a publication of Triton College<\/strong>, which was edited by Mellynne Dickason<\/strong> and Virginia Brackett<\/strong>;\u00a0 Maureen Seaton<\/strong> served as a judge that year.<\/p>\n

\"Resolution<\/a>
Resolution \u00a9 Ellen Wade Beals, 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Resolution I\u2019m going to pink therapy. Later, I\u2019ll see about red care. I\u2019m going to trim all my ego\u2019s hangnails and perfume that space above the soft palate, just behind my uvula. I\u2019m going to have all the hackles on my spine aligned and I\u2019ve made an appointment to have each problem plucked from that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[2842,2843,386,12,2845,2839,2840,39,13,2841,7,16,2844,32],"class_list":{"0":"post-8805","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"tag-absurd","8":"tag-ariel","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-ellen-wade-beals","11":"tag-maureen-seaton","12":"tag-new-years","13":"tag-new-years-resolution","14":"tag-photography","15":"tag-poetry","16":"tag-resolution","17":"tag-solace","18":"tag-solace-in-so-many-words","19":"tag-triton-college","20":"tag-weighed-words","21":"entry","22":"has-post-thumbnail"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8805"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8810,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8805\/revisions\/8810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/solaceinabook.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}