[NicknamedBob]

"I don’ kno’ ‘bout no Kindle. I’m like that lawyer on STTOS. BOOKS!"

Books

Books in boxes. Books in racks.
Books in hallways. Books in stacks.
Books on shelves and closets tall.
Books on every patch of wall.

Books where sunlight makes them fade.
Books around that I’ve mislaid.
Books my wife has gathered in.
Books beginning now to win.

Taking over in my life,
Books now keep me from my wife.
In the doorway of the den,
Stacks of books have grown again.

I go around the other way,
Easing back to hit the hay.
Unless subtly they have crept,
Into the space where once I slept.

Striving now to find a nook,
Not encumbered by a book,
I subside into my chair,
To find a book is waiting there.

Some few minutes reading now,
Will help me with my sleep somehow.
And when I nod and stiffly wake,
I’ve lost my place, for Heaven’s Sake!

NicknamedBob . . . . . August 30, 2007

[ArGee]

Sorry I bailed for a bit. I am part of a play on Broadway and we had a rehearsal.

I know that sounds cool, but my Church is on Broadway and it's a Church play. Still, God moved powerfully through it last week. We have high hopes for Him to do the same tomorrow. We're doing "The Cross and The Switchblade."

We'll handle that mocha blob tomorrow.

[Silentgypsy]

Love it!

[TheOldLady]

LOL! We have been collecting books since before we were married, and after 40
years, we have quite a huge number. We bought bookshelves and they line the walls in
the finished portion of the basement, stacked to the rafters with books, books, books!
The rest of the collection is scattered around the house next to comfy chairs.

Well, I confess that the shelves also hold photos, maps, high-school annuals, a knick
knack or two, and a small shrine to my Rocket, who died August 4, 2012.