{"id":2597,"date":"2026-08-13T06:47:30","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/?p=2597"},"modified":"2026-08-13T06:47:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T10:47:30","slug":"once-burned-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/once-burned-form\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOnce Burned Form\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":" <\/span> <\/span> I despised eating  <\/span> <\/span> something wrong with me  <\/span> <\/span> call me fat. I learned to starve,  <\/span> To hate  <\/span> to crave  <\/span> all the same.  <\/span> <\/span> I devoured  <\/span> <\/span> How hungrily I choked  <\/span>, through gagging and retching.  <\/span> an animal eating scraps  <\/span> You could hardly consider me human  <\/span>. <\/span>\n

 <\/p>\n <\/span> bile running down my chin  <\/span> <\/span> Family is a word reserved only for people  <\/span>.  <\/span> I learned to eat  <\/span> <\/span>. Once <\/span> I lived with Sam. Whom I could tolerate  <\/span> I did not confine  <\/span> We conversed  <\/span> food <\/span> no longer repulsed me  <\/span> <\/span> Flavors chose <\/span> me, beloved  <\/span> me,  <\/span> <\/span> cherished eating with another. I ate alone for so long  <\/span> <\/span> <\/span> With a full plate and empty heart.  <\/span> Aiya  <\/span> was a stranger,  <\/span> with food.  <\/span> <\/span> becoming someone I can tolerate.  <\/span> <\/span> every day of the week, of the month, of the year.  <\/span> <\/span> food,  <\/span> finally feels like home.<\/p>\n

\u25bc
\n\u201cAmong the Ashes\u201d<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>I an animal
\n\u00a0<\/span>Family a word for people
\n\u00a0<\/span>full plate empty heart<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I despised eating something wrong with me call me fat. I learned to starve, To hate to crave all the same. I devoured How hungrily I choked , through gagging and retching. an animal eating scraps You could hardly consider me human .   bile running down my chin Family is a word reserved only … Continue reading \u201cOnce Burned Form\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4227,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"issue":[6885],"class_list":["post-2597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poetry","issue-6885"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-22 13:23:16","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2597"}],"version-history":[{"count":62,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2812,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2597\/revisions\/2812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2597"},{"taxonomy":"issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/plum\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issue?post=2597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}