{"id":2572,"date":"2026-07-07T15:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/?p=2572"},"modified":"2026-07-07T15:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T19:39:12","slug":"chapter-xxiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/chapter-xxiv\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAPTER XXIV"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1610\" height=\"2485\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22CHAPTER-XXIV22-1.jpg\" alt=\"thought was swal-\nlowed   by fury;\n\n\nto\nwander   to cease   life.\n\n\nfailing   death.\n\n\nenemy\nunsettled; and I\nuncertain\n\nI entered it\nsilent,\nagitated by the wind\n\nspirits\nwhich   felt but not seen\n\nto destroy him\n\nI kneel,\nby the deep\nwho caused\" class=\"wp-image-2573\" style=\"width:687px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22CHAPTER-XXIV22-1.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22CHAPTER-XXIV22-1-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22CHAPTER-XXIV22-1-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22CHAPTER-XXIV22-1-768x1185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22CHAPTER-XXIV22-1-995x1536.jpg 995w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22CHAPTER-XXIV22-1-1327x2048.jpg 1327w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22CHAPTER-XXIV22-1-940x1451.jpg 940w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1055\/2026\/07\/22CHAPTER-XXIV22-1-400x617.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1610px) 100vw, 1610px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Jackie Brannan<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">thought was swal-<br>lowed by fury;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to<br>wander to cease life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">failing death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">enemy<br>unsettled; and I<br>uncertain<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I entered it<br>silent,<br>agitated by the wind<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">spirits<br>which felt but not seen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">to destroy him<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I kneel,<br>by the deep<br>who caused<\/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 Jackie Brannan thought was swal-lowed by fury; towander to cease life. failing death. enemyunsettled; and Iuncertain I entered itsilent,agitated by the wind spiritswhich felt but not seen to destroy him I kneel,by the deepwho caused<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8216,"featured_media":2571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2572","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\/2572","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=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2574,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2572\/revisions\/2574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/bdpcblackoutproject\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}