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I’ll Die With a Book in my Hands

I love books. I love words.
I love fantastic worlds
and mundane ones.
I love reading in bed,
in the bathtub, standing
in lines, at the doctor’s office,
at my desk at work.

I will probably die
With a book in my hands.

I could not read today.
None of the books on my shelf
spoke to me. None on my Kindle,
none at the library. No audiobooks,
nothing.

I just sputtered to a halt
in the middle of an afternoon,
like a car out of gas.

I’m not sure
what to do with myself
if I can’t read.

What do non-readers do?

One thought on "I’ll Die With a Book in my Hands"

Pam Campbell says:

June 11, 2025 at 9:18 pm

love;
I love reading in bed,
in the bathtub, standing
in lines, at the doctor’s office,
at my desk at work.

May all of us book lovers die with books in our hands!

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