Sentenced

what drudgery to live on such a rogue world

like the ejaculation of a dying man

like looking in a looking-glass to find an ape

like resolving to rise tomorrow to write

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 13 May 1667.

Dave Bonta

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