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A blackout poem made from a page of poetry by Emily Dickinson. Most of the words are blacked out in marker and the remaining words form a poem. On the sides of the page, pictures of colorful butterflies frame the poem.

By Amelia Burton ’23 @violetmoonflower

delirious
that thing
with trust
my heart

knows.
Agony,
triumphant
and
lone
of
Instinct.
memory

veil your
conclusion;
Invisible
as sound.

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