.:pg. 37
you found $2.48 worth it to part
with a book you once read.
whose spine you rolled, whose words
you skimmed or devoured, i cannot say.
but what i can say is that page 37
holds a moment of significance.
.a moment out of your control,
..a moment less than ideal,
…a moment you probably regretted,
….but which you’ve likely let slip
….from recent memory.
The stain that marks page 37
& every page which follows it,
forced you to remember the sticky brown spill
until the end of the story.
you’ve added your story to that of the book’s
..which was enough to lower your price to $2.48
..which was enough to tell the story of two strangers,
…& that of page 37.
