Curled Page
Never heard.
Never read.
His words lie
discarded
in a crumpled ball,
a curled page
with so much to say.
This is my response to Twiglet # 321: curled page.
Shared with Day Nineteen at napowrimo.net (off prompt)
Curled Page
Never heard.
Never read.
His words lie
discarded
in a crumpled ball,
a curled page
with so much to say.
This is my response to Twiglet # 321: curled page.
Shared with Day Nineteen at napowrimo.net (off prompt)
It’s so sad! – “in a crumpled ball” tells me even he doesn’t value the “curled page with so much to say”. In seven lines, possibly a lifetime. Good one, Ken!
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Thanks, Lynne. Sometimes words aren’t enough.
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I have books on my shelves that have been neither opened nor read and they are as crumpled paper to me.
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They’re just waiting for the right time, John.
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Sometimes, it is better not to read and move on.
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True.
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I’ve learned that if I start reading a book I don’t like that I can close it…
Not so many crumpled pages when one edits in a PC. 🙂
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It’s still nice to feel the pages turn.
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I enjoy ‘real books’ 😀
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