Conquistador’s defeat

Dead, we all lose water, of which we have so much

and represent as that old cheat of a discovery—

men who at war eat nothing but places.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 4 June 1662.

Dave Bonta

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