I have not read the Western canon, which is a collection of influential books, music, and art that…

…it said
It shot off like a blast
Yet not its shrapnel one might dread
I’m sure it said don’t bother
Unless you’re a century dead
But it was so deliberately written
Carved of papyrus, yellow and worn
Leather bound its sallow pages 
Made it desirous even torn
Was it verse or history
A secret codex to forewarn
For that I can never know
I was not witness to it being born
I was very …
The Western Canon
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I have not read the Western canon, which is a collection of influential books, music, and art that has shaped Western culture. It is historical and I know nothing about it.
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Written by Freda Savahl3K Followers
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Retired Nurse Practitioner WHC /Contract Provider Deployment Military Services. US Citizen. Immigrant from South Africa 1978.
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