Infernos
the fires we thought far off burn now
burn the high places burn down to the water
burn poor people in their houses burn wings and the very stones
burn every creature burn tar and oil and wood
burn art and burn bards
burn carcass burn ruin
burn the moon we move to thinking that the safest place
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 2 September 1666.
Dave Bonta
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