poem in progress
my parents had been
great readers
before TV
my mom
would discover
an author
and read all
his works
at the library
when i came
along there was
no reading
only TV
but there were
the stories
about the books
the library
a kind of
nostalgia
for books
then priesthood-
high school
no girls
bored me silly
started reading
for the first time
novels
jules verne
robert louis stevenson
magnificent escape
entertainment
was mocked
by an effete priest
for reading
kids’ books
ignored his rudeness
meanwhile
the world opened
July 2015
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