Idle
all day in a scandal of comfort I make no great matter
at night discontented prayers
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 22 February 1662/63.
Dave Bonta
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all day in a scandal of comfort I make no great matter
at night discontented prayers
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 22 February 1662/63.
Two short stanzas set up a sharp contrast between daytime and night. During the day, the speaker lives in what they call "a scandal of comfort": an easy, idle existence that is almost too pleasant, as if it ought to embarrass them.
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