An Indisciplined Reader

May 29, 2013

He opens a new book
At a page selected randomly.
He reads a few lines of a paragraph
And yawns.
He then puts the book down
And thinks non-directional thoughts
Or gazes into the unknown.
He then picks up the book,
Opens at a new page,
And reads a few lines of a paragraph.
Then his cell phone rings.
He throws the book to some corner
And leaves.
In the evening he returns.
He then picks up the book,
Opens it at a new page
And reads a few lines of a paragraph.
One day he stacks the book in his bookshelf
So that he can reread in the future.

Some pages are unturned.
Some paragraphs are unread.
The book is understood and misunderstood.

When he visits a bookstore,
He buys a new book.
He opens the book
At a page selected randomly.
He reads a few lines of a paragraph
And yawns.

-Lokesh

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[MandaBear]

Very interesting story you told here. Great job!