Parasitic

a bad night for fleas the weather cold as winter all over my body

the poor go out only on Sundays good-natured about the privileges of power to itch and tick and eat at any time

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 3 September 1664.

Dave Bonta

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