{"id":234,"date":"2016-01-28T11:29:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/mosaic\/?p=234"},"modified":"2016-01-28T11:29:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-28T17:29:14","slug":"cure-the-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicholls.edu\/mosaic\/2016\/01\/28\/cure-the-wild\/","title":{"rendered":"Cure the Wild"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Eric Alt<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Her heels make a streak on the mopped dark floor. Sun-soaked hair and Bobby shades do not forgive. In her own world, she is unaware of neighboring gaze. Audible saturation, trance and voices swirl in the small clouds.<\/p>\n<p>Wrinkled nose takes in the man-made scent. Lights blink at her presence, briefly leaving her in the dark. Counterfeit existence accommodates my mockery. A cleaned collared shirt should not be able to hide me. My veins grow and try to sit me down. I act as a journalist to my sinew architecture. 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