Miners
the last night of a mine we all talk of where to escape
love’s cruelty a daytime office a home to drink in
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys: unfinished entry for Tuesday 14 April 1668
Dave Bonta
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the last night of a mine we all talk of where to escape
love’s cruelty a daytime office a home to drink in
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys: unfinished entry for Tuesday 14 April 1668
Set on the final night before a mine closes, the poem catches a group of workers who all seem to be asking the same question: where can we go from here? The speaker says "we," so the feeling is shared, not private. Nobody is giving a speech.
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