{"id":425,"date":"2026-03-13T19:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T19:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/?p=425"},"modified":"2026-03-13T20:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T20:03:59","slug":"the-shapelessness-required-to-belong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/?p=425","title":{"rendered":"the shapelessness required to belong (1.)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wonder<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 why we so rarely<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 treasure<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 the intimacy<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 of our own edges<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; before the loving act<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of death<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; unwounds&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; our memories<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of their inhabitants<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and finally<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; absolves us<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; of failing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; at the shapelessness required to belong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; (when I die<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; I hope my life<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; does not flash before my eyes<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; like a movie<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; but that it is written<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; in braille&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; across my skin<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; and read to me&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; softly<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; by my own fingertips.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artwork: A Perfectly Imperfect Portrait Of A Friend, By Ben Heart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":378,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,6],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry","tag-benheart","tag-poetry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":439,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/benheart.art\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}