Yes I like this Gary. You sound like one of our best customers!
Sally ee
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>> The Reason I Have Credit
>>
>> a sidewalk more crack than slab
>> an entry more exit than welcome
>>
>> door wrapped
>> doorknob loose
>> glass cracked
>>
>> enter
>> as small bell tinkles
>> (was the cat finally belled?)
>>
>> wood floor well swept
>> ancient cases stocked and locked
>> boxes stacked in corners overflow
>>
>> dry air
>> scented with hints of cinnamon
>> ink and parchment
>> mystery
>> adventure
>> fun
>> creative sweat and pain
>>
>> faded labels
>> written when fountain pens were common
>>
>> aisles as narrow as a critic's eyes
>> shelves as tall as a champion's reach
>>
>> where is history,
>> mathematics,
>> fairy tales?
>>
>> will biography be found
>> next to essays or fiction?
>>
>> is haiku stored with "Far East"
>> or poetry?
>>
>> a small stack carried from category to category
>> grows till some stored by the register
>> some reshelved
>> others revisited
>>
>> until the door reopened
>> bell retinkled
>> I reappear with a full plastic bag
>> eleven volumes
>>
>> not yet worried
>> about when there will be time to read them
>>
>> Tina March guest and Gar tells tales at:
>> http://gardawg.homestead.com/gardawg.html
>>
>> Poets for Peace. ˇPoemas sí, balas no!
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