Beginnings

Where the Wild things are
Goodnight Moon
Madeline
Ramona
The Rainbow goblins

I went online and saw those books and
yes,
it made me sad.
We tore them apart.
made me think of words that really matter
which ones would I save if I could
those books that opened page like sleep opens door for dream
and worlds of magic

There was one on the shelf.
Small
used
salmon colored
inside no type
we called it buzy kitty

a few nights ago, I met friends, we spoke
I tried to focus on each word, each letter,
none stuck though I came home with a book of their lives, chapters added
characters edited
I thought about how I delete and redo
and how foolish we are to think words can ever be erased

/Amelia Hoy