Off
off to play the first horse on Mars
off to be a dove
I took some pills
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 11 July 1668
Dave Bonta
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off to play the first horse on Mars
off to be a dove
I took some pills
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 11 July 1668
The poem begins in a light, almost childlike voice. The speaker is "off" to play the first horse on Mars, then "off" to be a dove. These are odd, imaginative images, the kind of thing you might say as a joke or dream up on a whim.
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