Tagged: reading
between the lines, there
between the lines, there
are even more lines – we feign
illiteracy
.
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the language of time
the language of time
is mysterious – for one
full minute, we can
become riveted by every
bird twitch, a turning of the page
.
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there are pages
there are pages
that beg to be
turned, stories that
press too
tightly against
each other,
sticking to our
impatient fingers
.
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the shelves of mondays
the shelves of mondays
are often revisited,
the pages dog-eared,
and here and there, in the margins,
someone dares to ask for more
.
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these days, we cannot
these days, we cannot
believe how unceasingly
behind we are, books
stacked knee-high, reports stuck to
other reports, paperweights
.
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in two-hundred-and-
in two-hundred-and-
eight universes, our paths will
cross on the seventh
floor, fingers idly bookmarking
pages, waiting for a subplot
.
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now and then, i am
now and then, i am
on the train, watching you read
a book i know is
so good because i’ve already
read it, filling me with envy
.
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things change
things change.
i do and i don’t i hear
you say.
things change.
twenty years later, you
are eighty weeks and two
days dead.
things change.
i am reading
the days run away
like wild horses over the
hills, and they haven’t
.
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reading kawabata before
for seven stops on
for seven stops on
the L-train this morning, we
read our books, sneaking
in the tiniest expressions
just for each other to translate
.
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