10522 - Books on the shelves

N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Evi Charitidou

When you see
books on the shelves
of a library
and you don’t reach out
your arm to open
the source of knowledge
then you enter
a cemetery
with names
on the graves
erased by oblivion
for, no one
cares
for the dead trees
which has been sacrificed
to transfer
the message
which you don’t want
to read
because you have no time
for, you want
the daily life.