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the valley

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on a page of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The page is predominantly obscured with black and blue marker, with visible brushstrokes. Select words and phrases have been left uncovered, creating a new poetic message against the darkened background.

By Lilith Humphrey

the valley

the hills,
icy
glacier scattered

Nature

accumulated

in their hands.

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