Presence
errands on my mind like a doting comb
let all be forgot but this ridge this former peak
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 22 August 1664.
Dave Bonta
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errands on my mind like a doting comb
let all be forgot but this ridge this former peak
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 22 August 1664.
Two short stanzas, and a small shift of attention. At first the speaker's mind is busy with errands, the everyday to-do list. The comparison to a "doting comb" is gentle and a little funny: the chores keep tugging through the mind the way a fussy, affectionate hand might keep combing the same hair.
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