Out on the town
the evening overtaken by age
and famous for sin the city a riot of roofs
o my befuddled friends ringing up Eden
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 7 April 1669.
Dave Bonta
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the evening overtaken by age
and famous for sin the city a riot of roofs
o my befuddled friends ringing up Eden
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Wednesday 7 April 1669.
The speaker is watching an evening in the city, and the scene feels both festive and a little worn out. Evening is described as "overtaken by age," as if the night were already tired before it began.
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