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BEHOLD

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page with the header "IX". The poem is framed by cut-out images of eyes, ears, and anatomical hearts. The majority of the original text has been drawn over in purple, blue, and black crayon. Select words and phrases are left uncovered, forming a new poetic message against the collaged background.

By Rebekah Wolman

BEHOLD

behold eyes, and
ears
And heart

and
faces,

whispering

sorrow,

grief
and faults

Yet

Let us learn the
way of
the joyful

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