Hazy
where we sit in the dirt and kiss
I see so little haze
but a bottle of wine and I fly
so false a part of nothing more
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 17 September 1667.
Dave Bonta
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where we sit in the dirt and kiss
I see so little haze
but a bottle of wine and I fly
so false a part of nothing more
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 17 September 1667.
The poem catches a small, intimate moment: two people sitting on the ground, kissing, with a bottle of wine nearby. The speaker seems caught between clear sight and giddy escape. "I see so / little haze" suggests that, at first, things look sharp and honest.
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