~ erasure poem based on The First Voyage Round the World;
Antonio Pigafetta, 1874
12.
one of them with a great sword gave him a great blow on the left
leg, which brought the captain down on his face
they deprived of life our mirror, light, comfort, true guide
He died;
Most versed in nautical charts, he knew
how to attempt the circuit of the
globe, which he almost completed
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