Speaking truth to power

Dave BontaAngry

who follows the lies expressed on all occasions now the art of lying is over

guns hear nothing whether in earnest or not

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 23 March 1665.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Angry
Topics:
truth, power, gun, lie

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