a shroud

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 52 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The background is predominantly drawn over in black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the obscured text.

By Anonymous

a shroud
of
dew

the dim and yellow moon,

created

some inarticulate

escape
refuge
of the night

Oh!

unfinished
motion,

my pulse
and palpitation

the bitterness of dreams

!
Morning dawned,
its white steeple

my asylum,

my view

drenched by
sky.