The pages of this book are black and the poems and illustrations are grey, blue, red and turquoise. The hand done typography is highly stylized. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The words of the poem are painted in black ink on gray hand painted papers and resemble carved letters on ancient walls. The complete text of the poem "Lettres" is handwritten on the loose sheet. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

The artist probably used papers that previously were in contact with food, possibly chocolate or cookie dough, because a lucious, lingering odor matches the richness of the brown, translucent pages. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.