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Lost and Found

Lost & Found
David J Walker 

The hardback book bore a 
Certain air of confidence 

Of the permanence  
Of its presence 

In a library’s dust
Thrust high 

Upon a back shelf 
Waiting for the curious 

To rediscover the order 
of its letters 

and the messages 
hidden in its pages

in a thousand years
one hundred sages 

will work on
reinterpretations
Copyright © | Year Posted 2021

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Kendrick Avatar
July 11, 2021 at 3:54 AM
Interesting lines penned. I am sure some book somewhere fits this description. I wonder had it been read before? Sara
Walker Avatar
July 11, 2021 at 7:24 AM
Thank you, Sara. So many books, so few readers.
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