Luciferase
the self as foxfire in a corpse
nightwalking into the ruins
toward a weary day’s pleasure
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 23 April 1668
Dave Bonta
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the self as foxfire in a corpse
nightwalking into the ruins
toward a weary day’s pleasure
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 23 April 1668
The title is the key. Luciferase is the enzyme that makes fireflies and some fungi glow, and foxfire is the pale light given off by rotting wood. So the poem opens with a startling image: the self as that eerie glow, shining from something already dead.
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