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There Are Two

A blackout poetry piece created from a page of an etiquette book. The background is colored in purple and blue washes, with some text left visible while most is obscured. The visible text forms a new poem about societal expectations and personal value. Three blue rectangles are overlaid on the page, creating visual interest and framing certain sections of text.


by AKM

There Are Two Ways of Having

extravagance
To
smear ink
to hide a hole
painting and patching
with the shortcomings
to need
one thing
really
look,
one can be both

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