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To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (211118)12/11/2011 8:55:27 PM
From: ManyMoose3 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 225578
 
My books went with me to Alaska

I packed them in boxes

The barge man said sure

That will be a dollar a pound

Grumbling a bit

I paid



Ten years in a damp climate

Felt more like twenty

But the books liked it,

Sniffing salt air from their shelves

Where I kept them dry

But not too dry



When it came to pass that it was time

I packed my books in boxes

I'll sort them out later

I told myself

The barge man said sure

That will be a dollar a pound

Grumbling a bit

I paid



I put all those boxes

In the cool below ground

The books liked it,

Sniffing radon from the foundation

Where I kept them dry

But not too dry



They waited patiently on my priorities

Until bookshelves at Costco

Made in China

I didn't like that

But they were affordable

I bought three thinking

I would cull my books

And take one back

Maybe



Two full boxes

Duplicate titles

Somebody will want them

One each is enough,

Maybe I'll keep first editions

Four identical Stephen Vincent Benet



Bookshelves at Costco

Made in China

I don't like that

I need two more

If there are any left



Tomorrow the sign said

A yard sale

Sometimes they sell books

I could use another Stephen Vincent Benet



ManyMoose

29 March 2005



To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (211118)12/11/2011 10:41:27 PM
From: SmoothSail  Respond to of 225578
 
Me too.