Condemned man

Dave BontaAnxious

This morning I should die, but reprieved till tomorrow I order a pair of black breeches and a black, costly coach, find a dove in the best cage, lease a cross.

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 18 October 1660.

Dave Bonta

SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0

Mood:: Anxious
Topics:: death, cross, cage, dove

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A man is meant to die this morning, but he has been given one more day. Instead of spending it in fear or prayer, he does something strange: he starts shopping for his own funeral. He orders black breeches, hires an expensive black coach, finds a dove in the best cage, and leases a cross.

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