Wiping drool from paperbacks

The more I read, the less I am.
And that’s a good thing, btw.
The more I am, the more I’m stuck
In guarding that which makes me me.
The less I am, the less I grieve
Ideas that I have to change.
I now am simply consciousness
Rebooting every time I wake
Into evolving memory.
No wonder reading frightens me.