.:Encumbrance
On Saturday friends of mine were moving.
Having had to move by myself once before,
I try to save others that personal hell
of feeling overwhelmed with such an endeavor.
Usually after completing the process
(mine or another’s)
I have the overwhelming urge to shed
anything obviously extraneous I own.
When it comes to books,
I like to think myself old-school.
There’s something special
about musty old pages.
The 3 usual booky fates (upon completion):
1) it’s kept for sentimentality or reference.
2) it’s given away for another’s enjoyment.
3) it’s sold online.
Few books are read more than once,
usually due to time management
and more and more I use technology
to peruse what once was paper.
Whether trusting that Amazon and Apple
will outlive and outlast me or my parchment.
But if I’m honest, the advent of eBooks
spurs me on to read more often…
But I wonder whether I would someday regret
making the full leap to digital
when I wouldn’t be able to hand over
a good book I’ve read with another.
…and whether that is worth lugging heavy boxes
with me every place I move to.
What do you do with your books?
Are you a collector? A seller?
Do you prefer the rasp of pages
or the clean swipe of glass and e-ink?
vcD,
-R
