Above the river

Dave BontaContemplative

thoughts wear off light as thin ice

give no account how matters stand in the world

how other minds would loiter on a bridge

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 29 August 1663.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Contemplative
Topics:
ice, river, bridge, thought

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