War preparations

Dave BontaAnxious

Hearing of the war, I in a sudden fit cut off all my beard and wash my feet in the sea. A uniform will make mad people of all sides, thinking themselves expected by the king.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 31 May 1662.

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