SmallStack Seed Pod: Libraries Edition

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Bury Me In the Library

When I pass on, burn my bones into ash,
Then mix them into a pearlescent ink.
Use it to copy out my best passage,
The one that always makes you stop and think. 

Fill up a book with me. Write ‘til I’m gone;
Donate it to the library near you.
Someday, someone in need will come along,
And what I have to say will see them through. 

I want to be old when I become words.
I want my bones to witness the whole world. 
I used to think: to live is so absurd,
But, now, I can’t see how I was so bored.
 
So, stoke the flames, and throw some sage in there:
Turn me into evidence of my care. 

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