upon me

This image shows a blackout poetry piece created on page 136 of Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. The background has been drawn over with multicolored markers, depicting abstract patterns as well as a large Takashi Murakami-style flower in the top right corner. Select words and phrases have been highlighted in pink, creating a new poetic message against the original text of the page.

By Nevaeh Rodriguez

upon me

use to me

I love

loved

peace and happiness

destroy him, put an end to my slavery for ever.

absorbing melancholy,
I was capable of
taking pleasure in the idea of such a journey,

with me, he had,
interfered with

my journey.