it was the future today

books were scary

gave too many

too many ideas

so firemen set fires

burned books to protect

those who needed to be protected

and called it all of society

but our modest band of heroes

were not buying that lie

they hid in cold snowy woods

they held in their minds

libraries

they had memorized books in their heads

and spoke the words out loud

to practice remembering

and the dying taught the young

a freezing boy was Great Expectations

and God help us all in the future

if he and Pip should

forget the words