The Modern Period Poem by Catherine Barnett

The Modern Period



When Gutenberg figured out
how to make letters that could be
rearranged he changed us all.

Once upon a time
I laid my head on books
and was surrounded by books

and bought books and rescued books
reminding me I had only
finite years in the book of my son,

whom I almost left for books,
to whom I leave my books.

Catherine Barnett
Saturday, December 9, 2017
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