Palimpsest

palimpsest: [pal-imp-sest] noun a parchment or the like from which writing has been partially or completely erased to make room for another text; something having usually diverse layers or aspects apparent beneath the surface.


Darkness comes out of the earth
And swallows dip into the pallor of the west;
From the hay comes the clamour of children’s mirth;
Wanes the old palimpsest
----D.H. Lawrence
Palimpsest of Twilight