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What is the definition of "erasure" as used in this selection from the section "4. erasure poems"?

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An erasure poem is like a photo-negative of a blackout poem. The redacted text is not blackened but erased, clipped out, or obscured beneath white-out, pencil, gouache paint, colored marker, sticky notes, or stamps

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