Rendezvous
guns call me by name I must go to be questioned
the ghosts miss me and my neat silver watch
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 17 April 1665.
Dave Bonta
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guns call me by name I must go to be questioned
the ghosts miss me and my neat silver watch
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 17 April 1665.
The speaker in "Rendezvous" is being called toward something violent, and seems to accept it. Guns "call me by name," as if they know him personally, and he says he "must go to be questioned." The word "rendezvous" in the title usually suggests a meeting with a lover or friend, so there is a…
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