Do you see it? Optical Illusion and Poetry Zine

I just published a zine here: https://ohnothankskid.itch.io/do-you-see-it-a-poetry-optical-illusion-zine. I post other zines every once and a while, but not too often. I have some scanned that I still need to post. They're all free, but you can donate when downloading if you're cool like that. All zines have a digital version that you can scroll through to read and a printable version.

Here's the story behind this particular zine: October 16th, 2025, in my first class of the day. My professor handed out about 9 different pages of optical illusions for us to discuss. He said the words "for your collection" and for some reason, this, combined with the fact that minutes before class started I had watched this video about ransom note letters (click the text), inspired me to make this zine. I drafted the--very free verse--poem as he continued to lecture, I tore up all the materials in the library in between that class and my next (sorry to everyone who had to hear paper rip for an hour), and I taped it together at my dorm. It's now my favorite zine I've ever made.

Here's a transcript of the poem in the zine:

Do you see it?

Isn't

it odd?

It's right

there.

But you can't see.

Why can't you see?

What Why can['t] you see?

Please?

Please.

Do you see it?

Right here

here

here.

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