You fell for the colorful covers
headfirst toward each alluring book sleeve
image over substance was the motto
you hid between the aisles and licked portions of content
clean
and felt whole between the public paper
scanned fact and fiction
with eyeballs
browsing through dusty pages of the library
until your feet throbbed in those sneakers
it was an ethereal event
you crossed over to another dimension
when you focused closely on the buzzing from the light fixtures
you bent the mind over and gave it a flogging
checked out some issues of Scientific Journals
that you can’t yet pronounce
accrued some late-fees
never paid back the debtor
& haven’t stepped foot in that public realm since










