Uncorked
wine where I have no words under this mask where I never find an extra me in this night’s urn
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 1 June 1668
Dave Bonta
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wine where I have no words under this mask where I never find an extra me in this night’s urn
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Monday 1 June 1668
Dave Bonta's "Uncorked" is a small, compressed scene of someone drinking at night and running up against the limits of language. The poem opens with the single word "wine," and what follows suggests that wine is both the setting and the question.
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