Sun tea

night coolness I surrender to the season

disguised as ivy go wild with hand in dirt

whisper against the land like a kingdom of snow

why should I treasure the same words as others

I shall make tea out of the sun and have all the questions

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 28 June 1667.

Dave Bonta

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