Poor in spirit

Dave BontaSad

what do I own not even the spirit within me

imagine if any affliction should come all my money must be lost

better that than a mistress with whom I am always a devil

I drank away my wedding night bed like a great sea that might not go out

Erasure poems derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 5 February 1668.

Dave Bonta

SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0

Mood:: Sad
Topics:: sea, money, bed, wedding

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The speaker begins with a stark admission: he owns nothing, not even the spirit inside him. The title, "Poor in spirit," seems to echo that feeling of emptiness, of having no real inner possession to hold on to. From there the thoughts turn bleak and a little bitter.

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