Reading matter.

Reading matter.

As drones of wasps

crossed over

a book of literature

placed on a picnic table

on their flight path.

Stopping, browsing,

William Shakespeare

the paper wasp

carefully removed

the good bits

with meticulous,

mechanical precision.

For him it didn't matter

if the book was valuable,

he had run out of reading matter.

Reviews

[Érenn]

Wow now this is really superb use of metaphor. Two interpretations: Nothing good left to read so let's read anything. The matter read matters most?
the other thing is it leaves you thinking how true it is, if all the classics end up being forgotten as time passes by replaced by something completely different. Changes take place in every field. No exception here. But life continues to move on irrespective of the change ^^

[jacob erin-cilberto]

yes, sometimes it happens...we run out of the good stuff and will read anything...no more Times? time for the Enquirer...

what does matter is matter.

j.

[andrew mitchell]

What is paper to a wasp anyway just pulp! Thank you Jacob for your words

[B. Boileau]

I don't know why, but I now have a vision of a wasp sitting on the can reading Shakespeare. Excellent as always !

[andrew mitchell]

Yes what is to the wasp but pulp!