The ways our lives are interpreted after we die, and the ways that others interpret us, or rather project upon us, when we are alive. How unfortunate that we ourselves tend to be excluded from these considerations - in a way reflected in the striking address 'you' at the beginning of each phrase. That's what I'm getting from it anyways. Certainly made me sit up, but then I'm a sucker for short form :)
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You are right on top of it, my friend, mapped out a few of these thoughts to explore in this piece. You nailed two of them, one of the other striking processes is the reappropriation of someone's life work by taking pieces that work for you and basically creating anachronisms - or deciding now what should be important within the context of centuries after the writer / thinker / work.
But, yes, thank you so much for the read, my friend. Really good to hear that the thoughts came through here and much appreciate the response