Introduction to Literature

A Lack of Introduction

The room was alive.
So many characters moving, interaction
some in the main plot, some in supporting parts,
antagonists and protagonists,
conflict and co-operation
anguish and defeat
love and mercy,
lives worth living
stories worth telling...

There was the young diver who found
the mythical pearl in hopes of saving his child
bitten by the scorpion, defeated by greed.

The Old Man who after months of failure
proved his value to himself and the young boy who
worshipped him.

There was the class of bullies on Venus who hadn’t seen
the sun in seven years, or the young boy who saw
his father go off to war never to return, or
the odd situation of the man who went mad with happiness.

The room was alive with characters, romance, saga and parable,
but those students too busy to see past their devices
were never introduced.