Monster Mash ·

muscles, and veins, still remained

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 48 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The original text is predominantly drawn over with black pen. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered and circled for emphasis, creating a new poetic message against the original text.

By Maya Pindyck

muscles, and veins, still remained

my first
animal

as any
human

I began.

Pursuing
time

I clung to
the next hour alone
, and the moon

unhallowed