Mayday

"complete rewrite, of old work, but as i still like both, it's new"

I imagine a day 

without books: how 

I’d navigate an airplane? 

Perhaps, in deference 

to others, I’d find a way --

like a whittling log

learns to make slushies from wood shavings, 

or a blind trout’s digestion of braille 

translates water to oil 

to Salai’s obscurant dimple. 

Obviously, it wouldn’t be 

easy, though not impossible --

I did eventually master the knot 

of tying shoes without zippers.

Ken e Bujold

Reviews

[light and ashes]

Your conclusion to this is really funny.
I hope that this day never comes, and if it does that it will be right before the end.

Society needs less reality tv and to read more.

[Ken e Bujold]

thanks for stopping by LA, glad you enjoyed the work

[light and ashes]

you're welcome

[W. Barrett Munn]

Well, you sent me searching with Salai’s obscurant dimple and I learned Mona Lisa is an anagram.

The close of this is outstanding using knot as a verb.

Winston

[AYVID N]

I remember reading the earlier poem and this one is equally if not more interesting. It wouldn't be easy without books but as you said not impossible either as there would be so many things to do in so many different ways. Thinking out of the box and then penning a few amazing ideas is an amazing way of overcoming the scarcity of books. Loved it!

[Ken e Bujold]

thanks D. I chose to leave the original "Don Quixote" as a separate poem, it wasn't an ugly duckling, just not as fleshed out as this one is (at least in my mind). What I really trying to hone in on here is how one adapts, even if the lose is something or one they treasure beyond all else, the human condition is an extremely flexible fiber. Glad you enjoyed both

[AYVID N]

I get you totally. The human brain adapts quickly to gaps and adjusts accordingly. I loved your analogy of the shoes without zippers. This was so good to read.