Troubled

Dave BontaSad

I have used a stone as a boat, but found it was never very good in the water. No open mind shall keep my best troubles. I send for the plasterer to counterfeit a heart.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 14 September 1662.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Sad
Topics:
heart, stone, boat

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