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Books are Secret Places
Books
are secret places where words go to hide
When
the world goes wrong, and children are hurt
By
grownups who never learned how to read or love
Or
even tell funny stories around the campfire
Books
are secret places where stories go to hide
When
there’s shooting and looting, and children are hurt
By
grownups who never think of anything beyond
What
their clever leaders tell them to do
Books
are secret places where poems go to hide
When
museums are looted, and children are hurt
By
grownups who can see only ideologies
And
never the good, the true, the beautiful
Books
are sacred vessels: read them, love them -
They
hold our civilization in trust
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