Correspondence
a letter from the war
I try being the ice in our bed
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 2 July 1668
Dave Bonta
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a letter from the war
I try being the ice in our bed
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 2 July 1668
The title, "Correspondence," and the line beneath it, "a letter from the war," tell us we're reading a message sent from far away. The two short lines that follow seem to be what the writer says. Someone at the front, or touched by the war, is trying to stay close to a partner at home.
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