Freight
river at night the necessary matter of the moon
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 5 May 1666.
Dave Bonta
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river at night the necessary matter of the moon
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 5 May 1666.
Three short lines, and a whole scene opens up: a river in the dark, and the moon above or on it. The surprise comes in the title and the middle line. "Freight" is cargo, something carried, and "the necessary matter of the moon" suggests the river is hauling moonlight downstream like a barge loaded…
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