Gunman
to be in the world as present as the fast dissembling wren or to unthank all with a gun
at night I hear my own enemy of a heart
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 14 April 1665.
Dave Bonta
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to be in the world as present as the fast dissembling wren or to unthank all with a gun
at night I hear my own enemy of a heart
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 14 April 1665.
The poem sets two options side by side, and the word "or" in the middle makes them feel like a choice the speaker is weighing. One is to live fully in the world, as "present" as a wren, a small bird that moves so quickly it seems to vanish as you look at it.
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