On the Contrary
The land troubles me, and I am against the sea. I cry out at the sight of a ship, and hear bullets go hissing overhead in a transport of joy. I perceive unknown letters in familiar words. Strange things please me. I put great confidence in the thoughts of a thick-skulled fool. Ordinary business must be not served but feared.
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 3 May 1660.
Dave Bonta
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