Idle
a passing crow without question must call
I have scratched so much for want of a purpose
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 16 March 1666.
Dave Bonta
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a passing crow without question must call
I have scratched so much for want of a purpose
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 16 March 1666.
Two short stanzas set up a quiet contrast. In the first, a crow passes overhead, and the speaker is sure it "must call." The bird doesn't need a reason or a decision. Calling is simply what crows do, and the word "without question" makes that certainty feel almost enviable.
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