could she be a literary pope, signs on the pages arranged into a Latin-like custom, out of ether into that virtually diminishing world, hands-on experience traded for nothing but practice of high hopes to evolve, making a difference that simple, effective, measurable enough to reach. instead could she dream of something real, cold, sharp, plausible; stop saying to her practise only what you preach
it's not a church therein aching for some sanctuary since she's on a steep *****. with some bookish praise still echoing high-brow bigotry far away in messages too slow, she knows only to be in the moment
there pages may feel shame, money might talk loud, augmented hands carry powers, about to be contemporary gods. could she be told a book is just a book? shaking from within, shaken to her core, a lurking reality: numbers of them biting the dust, appeasing, retiring into nonsense and whatnot, they revel in everything