Reduction
all afternoon in the pot supper is a fresh string of Xs
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 27 April 1669.
Dave Bonta
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all afternoon in the pot supper is a fresh string of Xs
Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Tuesday 27 April 1669.
The poem is a tiny kitchen scene. Something has been cooking in a pot all afternoon, and the speaker watches it turn into supper. The title, "Reduction," points to the cooking term for simmering a liquid until it thickens and concentrates.
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