Library wren
wren in the library a luster of lost time to her
as foolish as a lord for the beggar’s
nowhere else to read and to be
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 24 April 1668
Dave Bonta
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wren in the library a luster of lost time to her
as foolish as a lord for the beggar’s
nowhere else to read and to be
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 24 April 1668
A small bird has found its way into a library, and the speaker watches it with a mix of tenderness and quiet envy. The wren seems to carry "a luster of lost time", as if she brings in something bright from a world of hours that have slipped away.
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