Sadomasochist’s lament

Dave BontaSad

pleasure is a spent country having laws but no art

like pain which the poor have perfected and now refuse out of hand

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 7 August 1665.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Sad
Topics:
pain, pleasure, poverty

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pleasure is a spent
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