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office fire on the road a long convoy of ants
I have more mind to fit in a nest
Erasure poem (tanka) derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 9 October 1666.
Dave Bonta
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office fire on the road a long convoy of ants
I have more mind to fit in a nest
Erasure poem (tanka) derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 9 October 1666.
The poem sets two images side by side without explaining the link. First comes an "office fire," a sudden, human emergency. Then, on the road, a long line of ants moving in convoy, each one purposeful and in step with the others.
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