Hard Ride

A horse with the king’s guitar. A lost horse to carry me to the tomb. I kiss a late rose, having laid out my walking garb, weary and hot.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 8 June 1660.

Dave Bonta

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