Book Nerds Enter

Book nerds enter at your own risk foot tap…which way to go to dash away down the stairs to thumb the stacks and stacks The major place is free but book nerds long to own a thousand million - hug them all with roving fingers and supine bookmarks placed in one and all The remote control - books aren’t completed one by one we flip to different hooks* and score Tables at the book sale are labeled but books can wind up anywhere The library ladies look bored this is not their habitat they are stared down made to volunteer The restrooms remain clean for who has time for such things Filling up my bag - One of these bound beauties in its heyday might cost more than the whole bag i score Christianity and Poetry are my main subjects i’m salivating And as any book nerd knows before we start to read we caress the cover and the first couple pages like soul gazing - also called foreplay after all, we are making love 4/23/2022 Brian Strand Contest *a device especially in music or writing that catches the attention