The Man With Books For His Neck - a photo on Flickriver

            Doesn’t care if you neglect to invite him to 
All your popular haggis parties
Or if you insist
Kindle is better than paper
He doesn’t mind if
You read more political news articles
From your phone than books by 
Jenni Fagan, Ali Smith, and Iain Banks combined

Arms, he has nought but 
The novels he has sought
Can be absorbed as if by osmosis
Sucking in syllables like candy
Consuming pages in large doses
That’s how he stays fresh and dandy
Walking unpopular and less traveled streets
Recording observations about all he meets

Who needs a nose?
When you’re filled to the brim with prose
Who needs four limbs
When you can read classics for every whim
But do watch your diction
Whether you’re stating fact or fiction
He won’t publish rubbish 
Poor syntax will cause friction

This man takes his time walking the city
Bothered not by the people who don’t think he’s pretty
His binding can be thoughtful and witty
He exists for paragraphs and poetry
Lives in the silence between sentences
Nae, he will always say
“Sticks and stones may break my bones but...
Words will never hurt."


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Taken on: July 30, 2024

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