Dated 16-March-2007

I want to burn a book,
not any particular tome,
just a book.
I want to watch as the pages blacken
and curl
and burn.
I want to watch as the words disappear
into the dark gray
of the smoldering pages.
I want to watch as the author’s words
ride the smoke to obscurity
and oblivion.
Is it just burning a thing:
paper and ink and glue?
Is it heresy:
the destruction of ideas
and thoughts?
It’s only a book,
there are many more out there.
But is it ever only a book?