Caren Krutsinger Poet Light Verse

I Never Read Fiction

I never read fiction, Persnickety told me.
I urged her to read Harry Potter and she laughed.
A kid’s book! I am twenty-six-years old!
You would love it, I said.
I would not, she replied.

Five years later her cats were Hermione and Ron.
Her parrot had been renamed Dumbledore.
And she was making her husband call her Harry.
Did you read the books? I asked her.
Which books?
Harry Potter?
Oh, no, she said. I never read fiction.
Her four-year-old son, Hagrid laughed.

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L Milton Hankins July 22, 2022 at 11:19 AM Well done, my friend. Well done! Caren Krutsinger July 22, 2022 at 9:05 PM I LOVED those BOOKS! More than the films, and the first two I alsoloved.

Unseeking Seeker July 21, 2022 at 9:31 PM :) Caren Krutsinger July 22, 2022 at 9:05 PM Thank you

Gershon Wolf July 21, 2022 at 8:51 PM OK... This one is like, I mean, so totally, you know, like, fictitious. ~ Valley Boy Caren Krutsinger July 22, 2022 at 9:05 PM Thank you Valley Boy