Impoverished
broke I go into my pocketbook for pain and consequences
writing this I hold the whole hole to be a quiet nest
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 24 November 1667.
Dave Bonta
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broke I go into my pocketbook for pain and consequences
writing this I hold the whole hole to be a quiet nest
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 24 November 1667.
Money is tight, and the speaker reaches into a pocketbook expecting to find cash. What comes out instead is "pain and consequences." The empty wallet isn't just a lack of coins; it holds the weight of every choice that led to this moment.
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