Intemperate

Dave BontaAngry

like a blade carried in the teeth my temper

not fit to go to bed with if I hope to sleep

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 30 September 1665.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Angry
Topics:
blade, tooth, temper

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like a blade in the teeth
not fit to go to bed
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