2021/10/7 #poetry Well, it might look that way, but it's not just a book. Not to me. Not to most people who read it. This book is magic. Well, maybe it is just a book, the magic being in what it says, but wouldn't you call a box full of miraculous magical powder a magic box? The words are most important, not by themselves of course, it's their particular arrangement, but the whole presentation is also very helpful in creating and delivering that enchantment. There's really no denying that it has more of an impact than could ever be expected from what, I'll concede, looks just like any ordinary book. I don't want to spoil it for you, since you clearly haven't read it, but there's no way to forget it, you'll be forever changed. You'll carry its ideas, it's language and it's phrasing, because they're so amazing, until you're in your grave. The flowing of its phonemes, yes its rhythm and its cadence, help it to be remembered, are so much fun to say. This is the sort of writing, which over many decades, is repeated just so often, that it becomes cliche. I won't loan you my copy, to me it's just too precious, but while you're here peruse it, enjoy it while you can. I suggest you read it, as if it is a story, start from the beginning, the sequence has been planned. Once you get into it, I'm sure you'll want to own it, to read it and to share it, to have it in your hand. Who wouldn't want to own something magic?