Troglodytes
busy wren our home is his second hole
and we his purveyor of death and strangers
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 16 October 1668.
Dave Bonta
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busy wren our home is his second hole
and we his purveyor of death and strangers
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Friday 16 October 1668.
The title is the Latin genus name for wrens, so the poem seems to be written from the point of view of a small, busy bird, or at least about one. The wren treats a human home as just another hole to nest in, a "second" shelter after whatever natural cavity it would normally use.
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