Birthday boy

Dave BontaContemplative

infirm as a child born yesterday I am vexed to see myself in my glass of wine red and old

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 20 February 1666.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Contemplative
Topics:
birthday, glass, wine, age

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