Divided loyalties
Desire is a mind with two ships in it. I stayed with her and walked— staying in a fable, bound for bed.
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 5 January 1660/61.
Dave Bonta
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Desire is a mind with two ships in it. I stayed with her and walked— staying in a fable, bound for bed.
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 5 January 1660/61.
Dave Bonta's short poem is about being pulled in two directions at once. The opening line defines desire as "a mind / with two ships in it," a striking image: wanting something means holding two separate vessels in the head, each ready to sail somewhere different.
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