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I’M MAD AS A HATTER

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page with the header "THE NAMING OF CATS". The page has been almost completely covered by a colored pencil illustration of flowers. Large orchids of various kinds, as well as bleeding-heart flowers, cover the page. The background is filled in with red spots and a teal-yellow gradient. Select words and phrases from the page have been left uncovered, revealing a new poetic message against the illustrated background.

By Libby Barker-Hook

I’M MAD AS A HATTER

I’m mad as a hatter

sweeter,

everyday

I can

never belong to

His ineffable

Deep and inscrutable singular Name.