News junkie
morning paper the temptation to stand by with my heart in a bag
though I have carried a tick from miles away into my bed
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 16 September 1664.
Dave Bonta
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morning paper the temptation to stand by with my heart in a bag
though I have carried a tick from miles away into my bed
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 16 September 1664.
The title calls the speaker a "news junkie," and the poem plays that idea out in two short moments. In the first, it's morning and the newspaper is waiting.
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