Old books

I've read Orwell and Golding and Dante
Enjoyied Twain and Huxley and Bronte
Drank Vonnegut, Austen and Shelly
Let dusty words fall in my belly
I've read books about ships and great trees
Chapters of trips overseas
I've read piles of fiction without any friction
I've conversed with Emma and Jane
Tried to polish them off, all in vain
And though I like the horses much better than porsches
And tar can be overthrown by the sounds of cobblestone
I'd rather read books from magical places
Then try to end up in philosophers graces 

 
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ZoeBee

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19 years old

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