Against hate

Dave BontaAngry

hate makes a great deal of hot work

by men’s not crying angry at being nobody

my mind is in a safe by some bargain with doubt

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 16 March 1668

Dave Bonta

SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0

Mood:: Angry
Topics:: doubt, hate, anger, safe

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Despite its title, the poem doesn't argue against hate so much as try to understand where it comes from. The opening claims that hate "makes a great deal of hot work," as if it were a busy, sweaty trade.

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