i could spend days in bookstores

lost among the    new arrivals     fiction & literature     reader’s recommendations

looking for old friends and trying to discover

something new and fit for this time and place.

smelling the coffee

glancing at the ass of the pretty girl who is excited by hemingway

wondering if i could excite her and

wishing i had more $ to spend.

i open books and begin to read

so that i might know if i want to buy the book

and devour it

and put it on my shelf

another trophy

another life lived

another story told.