Swan’s way

Dave BontaContemplative

For the old swan, staying in bed is the custom; best to rest where the sun crossed the water. To the old swan, we tower and boat like blind stairs of lead.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 8 September 1662.

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