{"id":2539,"date":"2026-07-07T14:52:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:02:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:02:15","slug":"i-am-blind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/i-am-blind\/","title":{"rendered":"I am blind"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1862\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"I am blind\nI am poor\nYou\nraise me   by   kindness   I trust\nthe society\nHeaven forbid! if   criminal\nI   have been condemned.\nyour\nvoice\nassures me\n\nfriends?\npaused.   the moment\nto rob me   I struggled\ndestroyed\nand sobbed\n\nI cried\nprotect me!\nyou\nexclaimed    who are you?\nthat\nhorror\nand\nfury,\n\nI refrained.\nI quitted and   escaped\nunperceived\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-scaled.jpg 1862w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-745x1024.jpg 745w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-768x1056.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-1117x1536.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-1490x2048.jpg 1490w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-940x1292.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22I-am-blind.22-1-400x550.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1862px) 100vw, 1862px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Dana Salisbury<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am blind<br>I am poor<br>You<br>raise me by kindness I trust<br>the society<br>Heaven forbid! if criminal<br>I have been condemned.<br>your<br>voice<br>assures me<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">friends?<br>paused. the moment<br>to rob me I struggled<br>destroyed<br>and sobbed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I cried<br>protect me!<br>you<br>exclaimed who are you?<br>that<br>horror<br>and<br>fury,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I refrained.<br>I quitted and escaped<br>unperceived<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dana Salisbury I am blindI am poorYouraise me by kindness I trustthe societyHeaven forbid! if criminalI have been condemned.yourvoiceassures me friends?paused. the momentto rob me I struggleddestroyedand sobbed I criedprotect me!youexclaimed who are you?thathorrorandfury, I refrained.I quitted and escapedunperceived<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2540,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monstermash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539","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=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2544,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions\/2544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}