Outcast

the bank door was locked so I wiped my shoes

I voted for myself like a friend in a conspiracy

who can lie to God for a little dirt and trust any enemy

belly full of dreams

giving pleasure to a stone

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 23 February 1668.

Dave Bonta

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