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Dave BontaSad

talking of the war and how they beg in the streets

not for money but time to enjoy the world

they call to us like a contrary sea

and so for days we hear nothing

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 20 December 1668.

Dave Bonta
SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0
Mood:
Sad
Topics:
war, sea, street, beggar

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and how they beg in the
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