Correspondence
letters answer letters letters at night answer the night where I eat all alone with pleasure
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 22 July 1662.
Dave Bonta
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letters answer letters letters at night answer the night where I eat all alone with pleasure
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 22 July 1662.
In just four short lines, Dave Bonta sketches a quiet scene of someone writing and reading at night. The poem opens with letters answering letters, an image of an ongoing exchange that seems to pass back and forth without a clear beginning or end.
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