Memory-
Keystone of civilisation,
Of all progress-
Is underwritten by paper
Amnesia
Lives in the continual present,
Errors repeating endlessly
Hypatia,
Knowing this,
Collected scrolls
In numbered halls
Theophilus
Hearing the word of God
Wished to burn all others
Alexandria
Glowered
Under flaming skies
Hypatia weeps
Her loss,
Oblivion's gain
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