What The Book Wants
when you put it down
you’re far from done
thoughts demand action
demanding blood
you could read another
but you’d just move deeper
as you search for signs
of literacy in the world
They stir up the memories
Rearrange the thoughts
I don’t think they resonate
Unless they touch on love
And then it spills out of your mind
Catches on your tongue
You expel it from your body
Thinking it was somehow yours
