Dear Cicero,
When my father died, he left me everything. Sorting through his possessions was to study his story, as told through the books, ornaments, tools and artwork he had kept until his final day. He also left me a DVD collection nearing 3,000 titles, plus several hard drives, and boxes of copied DVD's.
The collection, his legacy to me, tells a story of his generation, broadly, mixed with his childhood trauma, transformed through manhood into a quasi-religious worship of Peter Pan. I'll get into that later, but tonight, I want to read to you from one of his books, well, my book now.
The rise and fall of Athens, by Lord Lytton. (Published in 1874) The pages are uncut, and so, with each turn I must cut open the knowledge within, which I do with a letter opener my father left me, a miniature replica of Anduril, the sword of Aragorn from Lord of the Rings.
So Cicero, I'll share a reading from the book, on the subject of Sappho.
With Gratitude and Respect
Morgan.
