They sat in stacks on a blanket, fifteen volumes with cracked leather spines, waiting for a new home. Science has made great strides since the 1880s. Countries have come and gone. The pages are full of long-dead philosophers, military leaders, minor poets and very few women. The spines, jumbled out of order become a mysterious, surreal poem:
Minnesota Opera
Brazen Circulating
First Born Grand Days
Strangulation Vegetable