Immortal bird

Dave BontaContemplative

mouth gone down towards the owl

she makes us see our passing is common as ash

fine hands over the night sing of what we serve

the stuff and flutter of living more than others

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 18 May 1663, made while listening to the band Immortal Bird.

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