I am a pocketbook

…I am a pocketbook
paperback
purchased by chance at an old books store
a cheap edition
like any child of love
the cover’s rather worn
the pages yellow
marked all through
by someone’s gentle pencil
then scarred by another’s
red ink pen
& look
here certain strophes are underlined
these are the blue veins
of memory
& these are fingertips
revealing my erogenous zones
my special secret places
of pain & caress

don’t lock me up
in the straight-jacket of a new glossy cover
or a glass coffin of a bookcase
carry me around
care for me
be sure
that looks don’t matter
the insights of the inside are
important
read me
as long as you need me
& then just give me
away…


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it's a very interesting piece indeed. how about being digitalized when the copyright protection runs out?

Coscus   19.05.2007 02:55     Заявить о нарушении
The Ice Queen that I am runs the creonization experiments, if you wish to know;)

Олеся Первушина   23.05.2007 16:34   Заявить о нарушении
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