I rise from the river.
I rise from the city.
With pity, I leave my cause behind.
I walk through the forest.
I know I am safe.
The city won't try to find me now.
I meet the transients.
They tell me their history.
They're geniuses but live their lives in secrecy.
They tell me they keep their books.
They keep them in their minds.
So when the time comes, they will reintroduce these book to the world.

I am Plato's Republic.
And this is Marcus Aurelius.
Gulliver's Travels and Albert Schweitzer.
Aristophanes and Mahatma Gandhi.

Gautama Buddha and Confucius.
Thomas Love Peacock and Thomas Jefferson.
Mr. Abraham Lincoln.
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and Jesus.