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A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. A dark blue patterned paper is pasted onto the middle of the page, with its center torn out to frame the poem. In this section, parts of the poem are crossed out in black. Yellow rhinestone stickers are placed onto the page. Doodles of stars and polka dots are in the corners.

By Hala Anderson @halafame

XIX
I STARTED early, took my dog,
And visited the sea;
The mermaids in the basement
Came out to look at me,

The splendor of a
meteor
Departing
I never sought
any golden
peace.
a
lost emolument
Upon the apple-tree.

ARTCTURUS is his other name,—
I’d rather call him star!
It’s so unkind of science
To go and interfere!