Mortal

Dave BontaContemplative

an old hen in the dooryard going about the ground I have a mind to live before winter happens and God like a good wit tricks me into thinking I am home

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 8 May 1667.

Dave Bonta

SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0

Mood:: Contemplative
Topics:: winter, home, mortality, hen

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A speaker watches an old hen pecking around a dooryard and, in that small, ordinary scene, finds a mirror for his own situation. The hen is aging, slow, and busy with the ground in front of her. The speaker, too, is aware of time running short.

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