Patient

Dave BontaContemplative

toothache on a clear afternoon

seeing how much is out of my power

my patient body being a great ape

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 30 August 1663.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Contemplative
Topics:
pain, afternoon, body, ape

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