Ilene Bauer Poet Rhyme

On Reserve

Someone recommends a book;
I put it on “Reserve.”
The list is often long enough
To actually unnerve.

Of course, I’m reading while I wait – 
A novel from the shelves,
For some just seem to call my name
To advertise themselves.

So I am in the middle of
A story I’m enjoying,
When in my email there’s a message
Just a bit annoying.

The books I have been waiting for
Are ready for me now.
All 3 showed up together,
But I know not why or how.

Which means I have 2 weeks (no more!)
To get through all those pages,
A challenge I can’t meet
Even if every book engages.

Like many things I know, this is
A niggling little glitch,
Another fine example of
Why life is such a ….. stitch!

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Connie Marcum Wong June 1, 2018 at 2:44 AM How difficult to try to pick which one to read. I am a slow reader and would never be able to read three books either, in such allotted time. You wrote this so amusingly Ilene. I loved it! : )

Gershon Wolf May 31, 2018 at 9:10 PM This poem is so clever and cute that I could pinch its cheek!...And just wondering, haven't all libraries everywhere gone to a 3-week lending period? Enjoyable read, Ilene! :) gw