Marking up the pages

with shades of blue and green ink

because red always looks too much

like blood.

Red would be more fitting since

the ink on the page

represents what life depends on.

(oops, I ended a sentence in a preposition

seems to be a problem of mine

along with dangling modifiers)

Marking up the page with shades of

blue and green ink

deciding what to cut, which

sutures to pull

which incisions to make

so I can piece my writing back together.

Maybe I’ll do a better job than Frankenstein

and the final project will pass for a book.