Canary

Dave BontaAnxious

wakened by a thought a little thought my heart all astir

like a horrible goddamned canary that speaks with my mouth

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 27 June 1667.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Anxious
Topics:
heart, thought, voice, canary

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