{"id":1604,"date":"2024-07-22T09:09:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T13:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2025-08-15T10:07:28","modified_gmt":"2025-08-15T14:07:28","slug":"i-know-i-oughtnt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/i-know-i-oughtnt\/","title":{"rendered":"I Know I Oughtn&#8217;t"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"697\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2024\/07\/I-know-I-oughtn_t-to-have-opened-697x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"The image shows a page from a book titled &quot;Etiquette&quot; with a colorful floral pattern as the background. The pattern features various stylized plants and flowers in shades of green, pink, and brown. Scattered throughout the image are small strips of text that appear to be part of a blackout poetry project, standing out against the vibrant botanical illustration.\" class=\"wp-image-1605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2024\/07\/I-know-I-oughtn_t-to-have-opened-697x1024.jpeg 697w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2024\/07\/I-know-I-oughtn_t-to-have-opened-204x300.jpeg 204w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2024\/07\/I-know-I-oughtn_t-to-have-opened-768x1128.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2024\/07\/I-know-I-oughtn_t-to-have-opened-1046x1536.jpeg 1046w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2024\/07\/I-know-I-oughtn_t-to-have-opened-1395x2048.jpeg 1395w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2024\/07\/I-know-I-oughtn_t-to-have-opened-940x1380.jpeg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2024\/07\/I-know-I-oughtn_t-to-have-opened-400x587.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2024\/07\/I-know-I-oughtn_t-to-have-opened-scaled.jpeg 1744w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 697px) 100vw, 697px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Lisa Sankowski <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear<br>I know I oughtn&#8217;t have opened<br>but I couldn&#8217;t<br>resist<br>Thank <br>you a thousand &#8212; and then more &#8212; times<br>I am fascinated with my <br>box &#8212; it is too beguiling for words!<br>You are the cleverest one <br>for finding what no one else can &#8212; <br>no one else can<br>like you!<br>it is so soft and close &#8212; he<br>gets<br>fingers tangled in it.<br>Do come<br>won&#8217;t you? We are<br>allowed visitors<br>every day between 4 and 5:30!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Lisa Sankowski DearI know I oughtn&#8217;t have openedbut I couldn&#8217;tresistThank you a thousand &#8212; and then more &#8212; timesI am fascinated with my box &#8212; it is too beguiling for words!You are the cleverest one for finding what no one else can &#8212; no one else canlike you!it is so soft and close &#8212;&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7535,"featured_media":1605,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-postemily"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7535"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2449,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions\/2449"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}