A Good Book

Posted by: smallfirststep on: July 12, 2009

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The minimal neatness of the lines

The clean simplicity of black on white

The happy-inducing perfume of gum-wood

They pose the most deceptive invitation.

Come into my world, they say

Wonder-filled, tear-streaked, adventure-soaked

Where your neighbour, daughter, stranger, cousin flash by

Where the exotic tastes familiar, the familiar mysterious

Where meanings overflow in the most mundane.

Come into my world, they say

You will enter and never want to leave

But when you do

You will find your world bathed in a different colour

In a most unsatisfactory hue, an uninviting predictability

And you will call it reality.

For a prompt from Pictures, Poetry & Prose