{"id":5160,"date":"2014-05-12T05:30:52","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T12:30:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michellejolin.com\/wordpress\/?p=5160"},"modified":"2014-05-11T18:59:57","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T01:59:57","slug":"polysyllabic-girl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=5160","title":{"rendered":"Polysyllable girl"},"content":{"rendered":"

If I had a baby
\nShe’d have a thesaurus
\nInstead of a rattle
\nAnd a dictionary
\nInstead of silver spoons
\nShe’d read books in the womb
\nCrying at sad endings
\nLusting after vampires
\nWhile learning to speak French
\nEven before she’s born
\nShe could out-curse sailors
\nOn any continent
\nPolysyllable girl
\nWriting everything down
\nTaking no prisoners
\nUse your words, baby girl.<\/p>\n


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If I had a baby She’d have a thesaurus Instead of a rattle And a dictionary Instead of silver spoons She’d read books in the womb Crying at sad endings Lusting after vampires While learning to speak French Even before she’s born She could out-curse sailors On any continent Polysyllable girl Writing everything down Taking … Continue reading Polysyllable girl<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-words"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/michellejolin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/20140511-151652.jpg?fit=300%2C207&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7lr3R-1le","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1165,"url":"https:\/\/michellejolin.com\/?p=1165","url_meta":{"origin":5160,"position":0},"title":"On the streets of NW Portland","author":"Michelle","date":"August 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Leaving the office this afternoon, I saw something that could really only happen here in Portlandia. 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