Missed appointment

Dave BontaAnxious

Morning came to the yard but not to the doctor, night having stayed to guard the doctor’s lodgings: an old, painted dresser, a bad bed, a clock ready to shake.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 30 April 1662.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
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Anxious
Topics:
night, clock, doctor

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