Straight spines
Glossy covers
When you’ve got pages to flip
who needs a lover?
Cliff hangers
Dust jackets
Closet me away
in a word straight jacket.
I’m committed to
getting to the end.
I Figured It Out
Straight spines
Glossy covers
When you’ve got pages to flip
who needs a lover?
Cliff hangers
Dust jackets
Closet me away
in a word straight jacket.
I’m committed to
getting to the end.
Yard Sale of Thoughts 
One of the best therapies 🙂 Bookworms unite!
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🐛inching forward. Thanks, Tom.
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Who needs a lover indeed? When you can sit and enjoy reading with coffee, and in my case, the occasional cigarette. Great poem.
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Why yes. Ah, waiting for the weather to make outside reading more comfortable. Thank you. 😊.
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fun; love the word play — ‘closet me away/ in a word straight jacket’: clever —
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Thank you, John. No time for diatribes these days. And so it goes…
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💯👏👏
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📚💜 Thank you.
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💓
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Love this. I’m definitely a bookworm.
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Inching along is best.💜
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Indeed. I can always escape into one of them.
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I love this… books make the world go round… 🦄
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Yes. I get reminded of this when i see a book get its hook into one of my students. Magic.
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Oh yes… old ladies, too. 😀
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Yes! What a lovely tribute to reading.
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Thank you, Bridgette. The winter is for warming ourselves with words. 💜
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I love that ❤️
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Fantastic, K! We all read plenty, here in bloggy land, but there’s nothing like cloistering away with a good book. Enjoy!
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Exactly. I’m an old-fashioned reader. I love my paperback, low lighting, instrumental evenings (like tonight). 💜🍷
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Sounds heavenly. Enjoy!
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Though I’m finding it hard to create time to read right now, I do roll yet agree with you. 💜
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