I fell into the old dark map to my satisfaction
light enough to light up my wife like a match
but not paying her the respect of seeing her
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 24 August 1666.
The speaker describes falling into something he finds deeply comfortable: an "old dark map," which sounds like a familiar mental route, a habit or a well-worn way of being. He does so "to my satisfaction," a phrase that feels a little self-pleased, as if he is settling into his own private world.
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