replaced by others

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 153 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The background is predominantly drawn over in dark blue marker. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the dark background. Images of a flower, a root plant, and a mouth are pasted across the blacked-out portions of the page.

By Zoe Burnell

replaced by others
“Fiend” I thought
left behind
merciless
so despairing
I

died away
I felt sick

dreadful
certainty
to my heart tears gushed
is that clinging love
in excess of misery
easily
perceived I found
myself back to man.
I carefully traced

nourishment.
money promontory
my heart

occupied in fixing
whispered
time might produce
sensation