Hapless

morning storm in the cotton between my ears

we lose ourselves in high terms my mouth a blind hole

the same as every other body but

I could not sleep on the ground

see how unable I am to live

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 8 December 1668.

Dave Bonta

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