Petite bourgeoisie

I set my papers in order my office having been new whited

and windows made clean I am more than I am

in my absence the storm is kind to me

tell me how hard gold is that I may touch it

my wife not speaking melancholy as the best clock

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 18 June 1668

Dave Bonta

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my office having been new
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