on how to read
what have you been reading
is it something pleasurable
or purely informational
at what point does it become
the pursuit of understanding
like forgetting who you are
shifting gears by highlighting
underlining & circling
repeating & repeating after yourself
but what about the birds [you say]
& their relation to the earthworm
the latter’s connection to the soil
why are they just as intriguing
as say mountains & pyramids
flights beyond the gravitational pull
when listening supersedes reading
words tend to reinvent themselves
shaped differently than the last time
july two thousand twenty
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Oh goodness. You nailed it perfectly. PERFECTLY. Indeed I have given this thought myself, our perceptions and experiences folding and morphing mere words into art.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this piece, Tara.
I thoroughly enjoyed it.