{"id":1614,"date":"2013-03-11T01:00:02","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T01:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2015-03-26T05:26:09","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T05:26:09","slug":"my-red-shoes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/my-red-shoes\/","title":{"rendered":"My Red Shoes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/about\/author-biographies\/\"><em>Callie Turner<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My red shoes are going out tonight<br \/>\nWith my yellow silk dress<br \/>\nThey will dance on and on<br \/>\nTill midnight strikes<\/p>\n<p>My pearl earrings are going out tonight<br \/>\nWith my pearl necklace<br \/>\nThey will be beautiful<br \/>\nWhite spheres on paler skin<\/p>\n<p>Dark chocolate curls<br \/>\nCascade out of rollers<br \/>\nMy hair is going out tonight<\/p>\n<p>Powdered cheeks<br \/>\nRosy lips<br \/>\nFeet in pumps<\/p>\n<p>My anxiety is going out tonight<br \/>\nWith the stomach butterflies<br \/>\nDon\u2019t forget to smile<br \/>\nWave hello gracefully<br \/>\nA princess in appearance<\/p>\n<p>The glass reveals my eyes<br \/>\nPretty with black lash<br \/>\nLids downcast with disapproval<\/p>\n<p>My daddy comes downstairs<br \/>\nI\u2019m still locked to the mirror<br \/>\nHe slips a rose in my hands<br \/>\nA kiss on my forehead<\/p>\n<p>Handsome in black jacket<br \/>\nBlack slacks<br \/>\nBlack shoes<br \/>\nRed tie on white shirt<br \/>\nRed like my shoes<\/p>\n<p>Arm in arm we go to the ball<br \/>\nThe best partner I could ever want<br \/>\nThe marble floor beckons our dance<br \/>\nI won\u2019t have to flee at midnight<\/p>\n<p>Not like other girls<br \/>\nHeld in arms of unproven men<br \/>\nAmbitious to dance with dresses<br \/>\nClueless they contain living souls<\/p>\n<p>My prince holds my hand<br \/>\nAlong with my heart<br \/>\nI&#8217;m his princess forever<\/p>\n<p>Red shoes<br \/>\nRed tie<br \/>\nThey dance on and on<br \/>\nForgetting other shoes<br \/>\nOther ties<\/p>\n<p>Just us<br \/>\nLaughing while we spin<br \/>\nWhite smile echoing white smile<br \/>\nMidnight strikes<br \/>\nThe other shoes leave<br \/>\nAlong with their ties<\/p>\n<p>Midnight strikes<br \/>\nAnd my red shoes are still dancing<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Callie Turner My red shoes are going out tonight With my yellow silk dress They will dance on and on Till midnight strikes My pearl earrings are going out tonight With my pearl necklace They will be beautiful White &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/my-red-shoes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":91,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2013-edition","category-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/91"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2052,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/2052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentweb.bellevuecollege.edu\/belletrist\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}