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On Reading (Free verse) by the_poetess
words will tumble off the page
into my eyes and up into my brain
again and again and again
and I still never will tire,
I will never grow bored of inhaling sentances.
I always seem fond of taking in
pages and paragraphs.
Choosing indiscriminantly,
newsweek, shakespeare,
the latest murder mystery by some obscure fictioneer.
As long as I understand it, I savor it,
each a new perspective, a new glimpse at the world,
a new chance to broaden my perspectives.
Who needs tv,
that cheap empy pleasure drains me,
turns me dumb, makes me yearn
for more than what I need,
and helps me turn a blind eye to the suffering.
It is sinful.
But not the way chocolate is sinful.
Words are timeless frozen still,
a snapshot of a life kept forever
within a single pages.
I hunger, I starve, I crave,
and when these chronicles of life fulfill me,
I am at peace.
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