{"id":5765,"date":"2025-04-30T17:35:33","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T23:35:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/?p=5765"},"modified":"2025-05-01T16:16:16","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T22:16:16","slug":"how-fries-will-change-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/how-fries-will-change-you\/","title":{"rendered":"How Fries Will Change You"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\">I\u2019m calling for fries<br>over the counter full<br>of fried food and grease<br>while the chefs ignore me.<br>Someone taps me twice<br>on the shoulder as tears salt <br>my lips. \u201cWhat?\u201d I snap, <br>searching for a coworker\u2019s face. <br>The old woman from my table <br>takes a step back. \u201cExcuse me?\u201d <br>she says, her wrinkles contorting. <br>\u201cI\u2019m so sorry, ma\u2019am, I thought <br>you were my coworker\u201d I try<br>to explain. \u201cThe women\u2019s restroom<br>is out of toilet paper.\u201d She walks <br>off to clear her plate. I let one more<br>drop roll down my cheek as I say <br>goodbye to any chance at a tip<br>and turn back to face the head chef. <br>\u201cHow hard is it to give me some damn<br>fries?\u201d I continue yelling. When I clock <br>out that night I write in my diary. <br>I can\u2019t remember one detail of my night <br>that doesn\u2019t erase me.<br><br><br><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m calling for friesover the counter fullof fried food and greasewhile the chefs ignore me.Someone taps me twiceon the shoulder as tears salt my lips. \u201cWhat?\u201d I snap, searching for a coworker\u2019s face. The old woman from my table takes a step back. \u201cExcuse me?\u201d she says, her wrinkles contorting. \u201cI\u2019m so sorry, ma\u2019am, I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5595,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"art_contributors":[411],"literary_contributors":[437],"class_list":["post-5765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","art_contributors-camp-roger","literary_contributors-lowe-kaylee"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/Novus-25-Golden_Reflection_1_Yerevan_Armenia-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5765"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5774,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5765\/revisions\/5774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5765"},{"taxonomy":"art_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/art_contributors?post=5765"},{"taxonomy":"literary_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/novusliterary.com\/2025-archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/literary_contributors?post=5765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}