Nocturnal
the night wood is as full of business as a clock when I am asleep
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 18 February 1663/64.
Dave Bonta
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the night wood is as full of business as a clock when I am asleep
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 18 February 1663/64.
Three short lines set up a surprising comparison: the woods at night are as busy as the inside of a clock. We usually think of night in a forest as quiet and still, but the speaker suggests the opposite.
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