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book life
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.

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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.