Lord Sand

Dave BontaInspired

Lord Sand left the sea for the fields

I fear he is not well that it was done for a joke

the weather is now very warm an axe white with light

but Lord Sand they say will lead in the darkest manner

mouth in mourning like a prince believed to lay up hidden money

lord of anger without any consciousness of his faults

he has no face but a grave which I will not call my brother

I resolve to stand on my own legs or fall

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 20 January 1663/64.

Dave Bonta

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