What sort of story would be required
To immerse you completely in itself?
Would being given all you desired
Work, or would that leave too much on the shelf?
Do works of art fulfill our desires?
Instead, do the most powerful of them
Put out old flames and start strange, new fires?
Do we often mistake garment for hem?
Can a story teach us to want new things?
Beauty or truth or goodness or wisdom;
Imagine sheet music that, itself, sings
That's what goes on, in narrative's kingdom
Do totally immersive narratives
Teach us to live in new worlds like natives?
About the Creator
D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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