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my own

silent mocking sage

all those books I've read

even the embarrassingly unmentionable ones

humiliation revisited perhaps

every time I must admit just where I go this

information or that

inevitably now though

I shrug off such sliver veins to some deeper

knowledge

with the vague words of

Oh, I read it in a book somewhere!

this gets me by

and saves me from shallow mortification

for who would believe of me

sounding as I do

that I learned many aspects of

my philosophy

history

geography

politics

wealth

wisdom

tidbits on art

and yes even poetry

as well as

constructive arguing

and well refined adult behaviors

from of all things

cheesy 186 page romance novels

all in my search

for just a little bit of a better read

all weeds to some

from the romantic's garden

of predictable happy endings

but still

they rose above that

in an anonymous muted sense

and managed to serve me quite well

still

even today....................

(written Aug. 17, 2001 330am)