I begin / to love him

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page is predominantly collaged over with brown, red, and gold images and clippings. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the collaged background.

By Anonymous

I begin
to love him
He must have been a noble creature
in his better days,

I should find
I should have been happy

How can I
see
most poignant grief? He is so gentle, yet so wise

how gladly I would
sacrifice my fortune, my existence, my every hope, to
One man’s life. death were but a small
price to pay