Suicide of Books

For long bookcase-bound, Some books committed suicide. ‘Few readers were found’, The suicide note had decried, Sobered, the rest of books cried. The shock of the news Caused many in library Feel a stiffened noose, Some of them on poetry Thought of mass hara-kiri! _____________________________ Tongue-in-cheek |24.12.2020| Topic: books, poetry Poet’s note: More and more books are being printed, less and less, read; too many digital bytes chasing too few readers.