Book Collector
He is a collector,
and he said some people
hold their books too closely,
protecting them from the
world at large
and the damage it inflicts.
He said
he wanted us to take them
from their shelf-homes,
to touch and turn their pages,
to read, admire,
and be inspired.
I think, contrarily,
that it is the books themselves
who, after long and lonely seclusion,
standing rigidly
back to back
appreciate
a walk in the world,
filling their lungs with
fresh air,
filling minds with
fresh thoughts, warming
their pages in the sunshine,
opening their windows
and flinging wide doors
to greet the reverential reader,
to clap him enthusiastically
on his back
and welcome him, at long last,
home.
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