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Dave BontaContemplative

I look after the rose a rough harbor

for wings and leaves in dark, foul weather

as if that could allay rust

I itch to find wonder more than I believe in it

I cut my hair close to my head

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 23 January 1669.

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