"I wish to God I had taken up medicine instead ..."

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Cheryl A. Townsend

Tuesday Afternoon

The UPS man brought
another box of books today
Books that I will place
on the shelves next to
all the other books
Books that I have bought
in hopes of others
doing the same
Books that I have
invested my life in
Books that
for the past
two weeks
no one
has looked at
but me






Can I Sell You a Book? Please?

On days like today
that have been days like
too many for comfort
I sit and dwell
on all the wrong
decisions I have made
on all the wrong reasons
I have given
on all the bad ends
to justify the means
On days like today
like so many before
I wish to God
I had taken up medicine
instead






Lately ... At Cat's Books

the only thing
that has come in here
is bills
Bills I will have
no way of paying
Bills for my
optimistic belief
that if I built it
they would come