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Necessity

John Clare
wrote poems
on scraps
of paper,

erased them
with bread
he ate
afterwards.

When he ran
out of scraps
he wrote
in his hat.

When he ran
out of bread
he ate
grass.
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Harrison, Jeffrey. Feeding the Fire. (Sarabande Books - 2001).

July 2025

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