Over
causing papers to be entered and sorted I lose the afternoon the sun is now over the under day
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 10 July 1667.
Dave Bonta
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causing papers to be entered and sorted I lose the afternoon the sun is now over the under day
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 10 July 1667.
The speaker is stuck doing a dull office task, entering and sorting papers, and the afternoon slips away without being noticed. The first line is a long, flat phrase, which suits the monotony it describes.
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