Reading, Left Undone
Research is going into the world
--Or these days to a database—
And counting and classifying things.
Putting it all in “its place.”
That is the ‘professional’ standard,
And is done so much these days.
It captures so much that is useful,
And is used in so many ways.
Reading is something so different.
Its not just classifying,
At least it shouldn’t be just that way.
It deals with ways of thinking.
Reading is the thinking of the thoughts
That ground the classifying
By which the research is done.
It’s a vital critiquing.
And yet, it is too often
What is neglected and left undone.
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