{"id":2154,"date":"2025-07-22T12:42:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T16:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2025-07-23T15:32:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:32:43","slug":"talk-in-your-own-language","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/talk-in-your-own-language\/","title":{"rendered":"TALK IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/Talk-in-your-own-language._-Unknown-669x1024.png\" alt=\"This image shows a blackout poetry piece. The original page of text has been mostly covered by a collage of multicolored papers. These papers include patterns of plants, stars, and geometric symbols. Some words and phrases from the original page have been left uncovered, forming a new poetic message against the collaged background.\" class=\"wp-image-2155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/Talk-in-your-own-language._-Unknown-669x1024.png 669w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/Talk-in-your-own-language._-Unknown-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/Talk-in-your-own-language._-Unknown-768x1176.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/Talk-in-your-own-language._-Unknown-940x1439.png 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/Talk-in-your-own-language._-Unknown-400x612.png 400w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2025\/07\/Talk-in-your-own-language._-Unknown.png 994w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 669px) 100vw, 669px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Unknown<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TALK IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Talk in your own language<br>beyond our understanding<br><br>In flickering intervals of light and darkness;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>partial observation<br>stain sinks through the skin<br>Tainting the flesh<br>This is what matters.<br><br><br>jostled by ghosts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a momentary rest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Everything is true in a different sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Unknown TALK IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE Talk in your own languagebeyond our understanding In flickering intervals of light and darkness; partial observationstain sinks through the skinTainting the fleshThis is what matters. jostled by ghosts. For a momentary rest Everything is true in a different sense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-erasedland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154","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\/8216"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2340,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions\/2340"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}