Maypole

Dave BontaAnxious

People have set up maypoles; I resolve to hide. I count myself a perfect stone of heaven, a park without a gate, a pistol for pins. In my cabin writing, I hear a great rose drown in the streets.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 1 May 1660.

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