Missing
the streets empty and every door shut
who am I but this meeting of loss and body
among the poor I turn to a fine mist
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 16 August 1665.
Dave Bonta
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the streets empty and every door shut
who am I but this meeting of loss and body
among the poor I turn to a fine mist
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 16 August 1665.
Dave Bonta's "Missing" is a short, quiet poem about absence and how it can wear away a sense of self. It opens on a scene of emptiness: streets with nobody in them and every door closed. Nothing here welcomes the speaker or offers company.
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