~ erasure poem based on The First Voyage Round the World;
Antonio Pigafetta, 1874
5.
sweet oranges, a vessel of palm
wine,
bracelets and rings of gold on their arms
holes in their ears so large they can pass their arms through
them
there are birds, figs a palm long, sweet canes, flying fish
These people
poor, but ingenious, and great thieves
they
thought there were
no other men in the world besides them
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