book 7
created
by sensewerks
If God approved of his
creature's creation,
He breathed the painted clay-model
into life by signing His name.
Where is a book before
it is born?
Does a book grow like a tree?
Who are a book's parents?
Does a book need two parents - a mother and a father?
Can a book be born inside another book?
And where is the parent book of books?
How old does a book have
to be before it can give birth to another?
Do young books cry and scream if they are not read or fed ?
Do they pass words with incontinent abandon?
Do they force every random found sentence into their mouths?
This book is past the
first flush of youth.
it is a book that is in puberty.
It is hesitating, and from the vantage point
of the mature reader, it is both a sad and
amusing reminder of the part which is not
always attractive enough to be revisited.
The cover is becoming
crisp like
the hardening of wood on a young tree. Its pages
are pliable and taste a little of salt.
