Slug test
who will see the divinity of slugs
see them as full not plain
make them look like velvet and lace
get them for supper
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 17 October 1666.
Dave Bonta
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who will see the divinity of slugs
see them as full not plain
make them look like velvet and lace
get them for supper
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 17 October 1666.
The poem opens with a question, or at least a wish: who will see the divinity of slugs? Slugs are usually things people flick off lettuce or dread stepping on, so calling them divine is a playful, surprising move.
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