Death of a queen

Dave BontaAnxious

A candlestick coven over her oven, an ash and ham sandwich at table. How much fault was laid upon the doctor Death! Going to sea, the queen met her water.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 26 December 1660.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Anxious
Topics:
death, sea, queen, oven

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