Child workers

children employed to supply our flags

dull eyes like organ keys pressed down

that could not be fixed to whistle

but otherwise quiet and will do as bid

the river is a letter from an unknown hand

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 5 October 1664.

Dave Bonta

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