Heart Attack

Dave BontaAnxious

A great knocking in me and I am down, I am wood. Hopes have to be settled on shore, but the water being almost at low water, fear is sure. I urge the surgeon on, my heart heavy for not hearing my heart.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 3 April 1660.

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