Omen
I put on a black suit with white lining
and go out like a bad city of whatever comes
so convenient to bargain on so free a road
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 10 May 1663.
Dave Bonta
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I put on a black suit with white lining
and go out like a bad city of whatever comes
so convenient to bargain on so free a road
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 10 May 1663.
A man gets dressed, and the act feels like a ritual. The black suit with its white lining suggests mourning or formality, with something lighter hidden inside, as if the speaker is guarding a private brightness under a grim exterior.
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