Rock dove

Dave BontaContemplative

seeing people flock in the city on the leaden street

I wheel above in all that nothing

clear of sign or chant but to a child

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 21 January 1663/64.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Contemplative
Topics:
city, child, street, dove

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