The Immortal Profession

[vaa]

these are not books
lumps of
lifeless paper
but minds alive
on the shelves
from each
of them
goes out
its own voice...
and just as the touch
of a button on our set
will fill the
room with music
so by taking down
one of these volumes
and opening it
one can call into range
the voice of a man
far distant in
time and space
and hear him
speaking to us
mind to mind,
heart to heart