Psychologically ultimate seashore

angry as a noon toothache raw and alone

the sea books a ticket to my sleep

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 7 April 1663. The post title is a reference to the original ambient sound LP—see “The Man Who Recorded, Tamed and Then Sold Nature Sounds to America.” This erasure was made while listening to that recording on YouTube.

Dave Bonta

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