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A blackout poem made from a page of Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. The words are "blacked out" by purple highlighter and crossed out in pen. images cut int he shape of butterlies are scattered across the page, as well as hearts and other flourishes.

By Ayesha Chatterjee ’91 @profoundpapaya

careless with faith and love,
how strange and clear the soul
suspended,
the white now gray and ashy,
But not exhaled.

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