it started before Chip Ross' brother left us
with a mountain of art,videos and books
most of which are still unseen/unread
(life is a short story and a briefer film)
He was rich in art and notebooks of scientific wisdom
all handwritten,like his correspondence with scientific luminaries
all unread-theories awaiting validation
when Susan Bright died,her husband contacted
asking if we could buy any of Plain View Press 's library
I am skilled at giving and begging-but not buying and selling
so he passed on her personal library -which found its way
into the recycled arms and minds of Austin's poets
now Deb has gone,and Don is passing boxes of her books
so i can pass to others what she loved.She loved LOTS!
Literature deep,wide,wise awaits redistribution like a politician
Electorate of poet lovers still cries for her fallen
A library is gained from the ashes of passed
The future a book still unwritten
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