{"id":5295,"date":"2016-01-11T18:30:51","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T17:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=5295"},"modified":"2016-01-11T19:23:33","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T18:23:33","slug":"royalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=5295","title":{"rendered":"Royalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Royalty<\/p>\n<p>When I was little, my aunt dreamed of daughters.<br \/>\nOn the weekends, she would take me,<br \/>\nmy dimples and my temper, show me flowers<br \/>\nblooming in her garden: the ground moist,<br \/>\nyellow pansies and sweet peas taller<br \/>\nthan my four feet. <\/p>\n<p>I collected garden toads, plucked one from the soil<br \/>\nthen another, and she let me place them<br \/>\nin the old tub downstairs, its white walls inescapable.<\/p>\n<p>I laid there quietly,<br \/>\ntheir little legs finning the water,<br \/>\nthe press of ripples pruning my skin.<\/p>\n<p>I was an empress in new clothes. 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