emotional support books
for umberto eco
unread books were of more
value than the read ones
best for a library
to hold what you don’t know
reading is not conquest
an exercise of trust
page after page but what
then of unreading
the books that sit around
in stacks or on shelves
standing or lying down
unopened perhaps held
brought home with intention
possibilities in paperback
some find places next to
well-worn favorites
and those read more than once
I used to think I had to
justify their presence or
stop adding to the pile
Still I hear eco’s echo
reading is not conquest
I am not collecting
I am surrounding
myself with the comfort
of all I do not know.
Peace,
Milton
your fertile mind, unmowed, knocks me on my butt (that’s good)
Simply love this.