Solstitial

Dave BontaContemplative

candlelight on frost this winter seeing

the old melancholy vision that foresaw no time left

in the cupboard for tomorrow

and one hard hope passing by on foot

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 7 December 1668.

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