Insomnia
Sleep was hard as a beggar’s moon, hard as joy to a king: all night rising to leave, counting princesses.
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 20 November 1660.
Dave Bonta
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Sleep was hard as a beggar’s moon, hard as joy to a king: all night rising to leave, counting princesses.
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 20 November 1660.
Insomnia is the subject here, and the poem treats sleep like something cold and out of reach. The opening comparisons are odd and a little puzzling. Sleep is "hard as a beggar's moon," as if it shines bright and distant over someone who has nothing.
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