{"id":17603,"date":"2022-04-01T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T05:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/?p=17603"},"modified":"2022-03-29T18:03:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T23:03:57","slug":"alzheimers-translation-assonance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/archives\/17603","title":{"rendered":"Alzheimer\u2019s translation: Assonance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alex, it\u2019s popsie Michael. There\u2019s a new Turner Classic movie on and I wanna tell you about it, from 1931. I\u2019m gonna watch it now, call me in a little while, my dear Alex, sweet Alex, who I love more than anyone in the world. You\u2019re perfect, you\u2019re\u2026.you\u2019re 27 degrees higher than perfect. Now go back to work already will ya please.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\u2014Father\u2019s voice message<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Saddled with lopsided psyche, yet
\n————<\/span>able to turn
\nthe grass broomstick of my mind
\n————<\/span>to a prop<\/p>\n

I step goofily
\n————<\/span>————<\/span>and stouthearted with.<\/p>\n

Love\u2019s a thigh-deep dirge,
\nand life\u2019s
\n————<\/span>not what it vowed to me
\n————<\/span>on that young hillside.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s kneecapped and keelhauled \u2013<\/p>\n

————<\/span>————<\/span>though what
\n————<\/span>a funny portrait of me
\nit\u2019s forged.
\n————<\/span>A horseplay curtsy,<\/p>\n

a lorgnette at my forehead,
\nCatskillian. I keep smiling,
\n————<\/span>————<\/span>though the curtain\u2019s down.<\/p>\n

————<\/span>Don\u2019t act like I\u2019m boo-hoo
\n————<\/span>and no mirth. I laugh
\nwith the skin of my teeth.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Alex Chertok<\/a><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Alex, it\u2019s popsie Michael. There\u2019s a new Turner Classic movie on and I wanna tell you about it, from 1931. I\u2019m gonna watch it now, call me in a little while, my dear Alex, sweet Alex, who I love more than anyone in the world. You\u2019re perfect, you\u2019re\u2026.you\u2019re 27 degrees higher than perfect. Now go […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2247,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[71],"tags":[25],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Jypy-4zV","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17603"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17624,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17603\/revisions\/17624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp0.vanderbilt.edu\/nashvillereview\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}