Prophet

Dave BontaAnxious

I have seen the ruin of the nation

words appear like fur on my heart

stories that show nothing but destruction

I am weary of seeing foul weather coming upon us

it is not a philosophical matter

when night raves like the sea against a sunk ship

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 25 June 1667.

Dave Bonta

SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0

Mood:: Anxious
Topics:: sea, ship, destruction, weather

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The speaker is someone who has seen too much and can't look away. Right from the first line, "I have seen the ruin of the nation," the tone is flat and certain, as if this is a report rather than a guess. What follows is less about politics than about how that knowledge feels in the body.

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