Yesterday

This image shows a page from a book about etiquette, with a pink watercolor wash overlay. Several sections of text are circled or underlined in black, creating a blackout poetry effect. Small pink heart doodles and flower sketches decorate the margins and corners of the page. The overall appearance is a blend of printed text, handwritten annotations, and artistic embellishments on a single book page.

By Novalee B

Yesterday

yesterday or
today
we must
be
independent
one moment’s
achievement of
mentally focused
by thinking of something else
one great struggle
of
sisters
is
impulses
about diet-
ing
and
all sorts of
things
to preserve
beauty

families
keeping together
is
of great importance

charming,
American
poets sing
but
cannot
appreciate
a dearest friend
of
sweet
flowers?