A poem for writers

At beginning of the season of best-of-year lists and award speculation, I thought it might be worth rereading kmessner‘s “What Happened to Your Book Today.”

It was, so the link is posted here in case others find it worth reading or rereading, too.

… Somewhere, your book was passed
from one hand to another in a hallway
busy with clanging lockers,
with whispered words,
“You have got to read this …”