Freighted
after love the night river
many things of weight awake in bed
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 16 October 1666.
Dave Bonta
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after love the night river
many things of weight awake in bed
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 16 October 1666.
Dave Bonta's "Freighted" is only a few words long, yet it holds a whole sleepless night. It begins with "after love," so we know the lovemaking is over and the speaker is lying in the quiet that follows.
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