Joy's Terse Verse

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 Three dollars a book...
Benches of books
in the mall appear -
stacked tightly and high -
just published last year...

I flip through them quickly
as shoppers pass by -
each holding a heartbeat -
a shiver - a sigh...

A lifetime of loving -
a moment of mirth -
a flash of adventure -
a long ago birth...

Worn wrinkled faces
grin through the mist -
in loose faded clothing
in pages still crisp...

Soldiers and sailors -
philosophers too -
poets and prophets -
whisper their views...

Not enough readers -
too many words -
all fighting attention -
all want to be heard...

Discounted early -
to empty the shelves -
for all the new writers
expressing themselves...

Three dollars a book -
bursting with thought -
that beg to be read -
that beg to be bought...

Joy Weare,
22nd January, 2011.




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