we all recall
that moment when
someone wrote with pen and ink,
wedge-shaped pictograms,
hieroglyphs,
sacred illuminations
fan-fold codices,
lemon letters that twist brown by candle,
read backwards in a mirror.
No longer do we sit,
enthralled by elders’ tales;
Guttenburg’s gifts of ink and press
transform us and we transform others
by naming, those words
tattooed on paper, on computer screens,
on our very selves,
indelible.
Photo by Christine Mitchell, Flickr.
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"...lemon letters that twist brown by candle,
ReplyDeleteread backwards in a mirror..."
Great imagery that definitely evokes memories.