The utter brutality of the Roman Empire
Simone Weil quite right
Took two years of Latin
Sor Juana's mystic flight

Born too late for shamanism
Born too late for God
San Francisco Zen
Yo soy solo Todd

Flush by Carl Hiaasen
Noah's family sees the Green Flash
Ain't no good in an evil hearted woman
True dat, Johnny Cash!

Books have been companions
In the library all alone
Embers by Sandor Marai
I threw a Rolling Stone

   Not Athens, Jerusalem, or Rome.