The account

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The margins are decorated with pink polka dot tape, creating a boarder around the text block. The original text is predominantly drawn over with red and purple marker. Select words and phrases have been left visible and outlined in blue, creating a new poetic message against the colorful background.

By Sara Rauch

The account
swore positively
a short distance from the shore;

she lived near the beach,
she heard of the discovery
afterwards found.
It was not cold

I had beaten about

from another place
put into the harbour
I had deposited the
corpse.

The body lay
conversing with several
persons
perfectly tranquil

the presence
my memory