What do you want,
by burning books?
The glory that covered
the perpetrators of "Kristallnacht"?
The cloud off the flames -
the book's truth to permeate the world.
The dust that falls - a culture's ashes
that saw in a book, Saraswathi herself.
The pile you burn,
her funeral pyre, nude or not.
Did you write this? I liked it!
ReplyDeleteWhere did my other comment go? That I liked it that you liked it? :-(
ReplyDeleteHere is a statement by Rohinton Mistry about the events.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/opinion/oh-what-a-sorry-book-burning-spectacle/article1764205/
Moving.