Prisoner
wind all night against the prison steel I am still
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 5 June 1667.
Dave Bonta
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wind all night against the prison steel I am still
Erasure haiku derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 5 June 1667.
Three short lines set up a sharp contrast. Outside, or at least beyond the speaker's reach, the wind blows all night, pushing against the steel of the prison. The speaker, meanwhile, does nothing at all: "I am still."
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