A New Sound (Erasure 4/5)

A New Sound

my hand upon
the heart was stone

you conceal
the night in silence

when four o’clock came
I entered the night aroused

to search for my own dream,
the wild beneath my ease

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Erasure Poem made from Poe’s “The Tell-Tale Heart.” One poem per page from The Essential Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe (Barnes & Noble, 2004)

James Brush

James Brush is a teacher and writer who lives in Austin, TX. He tries to get outside as much as possible.

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