Rehab
greeting the lock I begin to learn
for I have a mind to play a part
how like a mad flag I slept with pleasure
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 13 August 1668
Dave Bonta
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greeting the lock I begin to learn
for I have a mind to play a part
how like a mad flag I slept with pleasure
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Thursday 13 August 1668
The title "Rehab" gives us the setting, and the rest of the poem seems to unfold inside it, though the poem itself never spells out the circumstances. It opens with a small, odd action: greeting the lock.
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