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Reread,
Do not be content to
Move across the surface
Oblivious to what
Magic and monsters
Lay beneath.
Take words into yourself
So they become you
And you become them,
Until you don’t know when words end
And you begin.
Read and reread
Like the Bible,
Like wedding vows,
Like daily bread.
Commit to memory
Recite, revisit
Take, eat.
Who ever said to a friend,
“I love you, but I will only listen to you once?”
Let the words raise you
Let your heart explode, anew
Let your imagination burn.
Write on your heart
With a pen of iron,
A point of diamond.
You will never understand
Until you understand
You will never fully understand
So return, reread
Treasures await,
Old friend.
