Vicarious
writing I have not been good at touching
spoiled by all the instruments of love
music to read in bed that leaden tumult
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 5 April 1668
Dave Bonta
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writing I have not been good at touching
spoiled by all the instruments of love
music to read in bed that leaden tumult
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Sunday 5 April 1668
The speaker admits a kind of failure: they are not good at touching. Instead of physical closeness, they seem to have been "spoiled" by "the instruments of love," a phrase that could point to music, books, or any tool that stands in for real contact.
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