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book life

May 15, 2019
By beanbag2601 BRONZE, Bridgeton, New Jersey
beanbag2601 BRONZE, Bridgeton, New Jersey
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Every time I open a book, I get stuck inside it.  
No, not part of the plot. 
In between the binding, the pages, the words, and the reader.  
“Once upon a time.” I read out loud. Dang it I picked up the wrong book. 
“Well at least I know I'm not going to be scared off the tail of the letter “J” today.“  
It’s become something I regularly experience.  
Each word I swing on. 
Letter to letter, comma to period. 
The hardest part is the indents of the paragraph,  
It's a long jump, but I know the next sentence will catch me.  
Except something different happened this time.  
All of a sudden the words collapse on me.  
Everything is black, and I feel squished. 
The book closed.  


The author's comments:

This poem is about living inside the story you caught yourself reading. Often times it seems like every book i read, im actually in. I love books. It's a good escape. So, taking this to a literal level was fun and something i liked to think about. 


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