{"id":17634,"date":"2021-11-07T07:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-11-07T12:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/?p=17634"},"modified":"2021-10-31T19:53:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-31T23:53:53","slug":"perfect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/2021\/11\/07\/perfect\/","title":{"rendered":"Evolving Emotions: Perfect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You perfect the seams that line your cloak<\/p>\n<p>Each stitch integrating<\/p>\n<p>Holding<\/p>\n<p>Concealing<\/p>\n<p>Your emotions<\/p>\n<p>So well that they are invisible<\/p>\n<p>Even to yourself<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Inevitably<\/p>\n<p>The perfection wears<\/p>\n<p>Little bursts rip the work<\/p>\n<p>You toiled over<\/p>\n<p>Hours spent<\/p>\n<p>Patching, pressing, folding, weaving<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A snag<\/p>\n<p>A tear<\/p>\n<p>You are convulsing now<\/p>\n<p>Crying a trail of irresistible emotion<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Exposure from the separation<\/p>\n<p>Naked feeling<\/p>\n<p>Composure lost<\/p>\n<p>Pouring out<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Paralyzing fear persists<\/p>\n<p>The judging eyes are harsher now<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lying mouth<\/p>\n<p>Shameful eyes<\/p>\n<p>Sore heart<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unrelenting<\/p>\n<p>The great flood lays waste to your<\/p>\n<p>Once perfect work<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17637\" src=\"http:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201128_204050521_iOS-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201128_204050521_iOS-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201128_204050521_iOS-768x1065.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201128_204050521_iOS-739x1024.jpg 739w, https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/20201128_204050521_iOS.jpg 847w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You perfect the seams that line your cloak Each stitch integrating Holding Concealing Your emotions So well that they are invisible Even to yourself &nbsp; Inevitably The perfection wears Little bursts rip the work You toiled over Hours spent Patching, pressing, folding, weaving &nbsp; A snag A tear You are convulsing now Crying a trail [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2246,"featured_media":17489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1762],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17634"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17634"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17719,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17634\/revisions\/17719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artsatmichigan.umich.edu\/ink\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}