Indiscretion

how like a fine frost my prayers fall on her ear

what ingratitude the poor words of a liar

words that should stay private expressed in rust

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 1 February 1662/63

Dave Bonta

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