Aging diplomat

Dave BontaContemplative

hoarseness and war come to me I have been strange

I become great with rust as I used to be open

to make any peace to make peace with anybody

it seems almost romantic to force a leaden discourse

o carcass come mediate restore simplicity

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 11 March 1667.

Dave Bonta

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