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Monster Mash ·

in / silent / gentle / grief

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created from a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page has been pasted onto a collaged background which appears to form the shape of a house. The majority of the original text has been drawn over with black marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the collaged background.

By Kat Jercich

in
silent
gentle
grief

one dear
wide ocean;
I should have been happy
brother

How can I

disguise

the language of my
heart;

One man

  • Next fixed expectation
  • Previous grasp, / and action

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