IT’S A BOOKSHELF WORLD
Heads peer at us – full-screen or to the side
Mouths mouthing every conceivable Covid theme
Experts and not – giving opinion in the rectangular frame
One after the other in different parts of the globe
That global world of mini caves with furniture
Furniture – have you noticed? – you bet you have
An insight – a strong conclusion is concurred
[I see much paper is still with print
Books – hard-copy called –
stuffed unceremoniously in bookshelves walled]
Backgrounds countless in every private room
Stacked in space-filling fashion
Some neat – others replete – or crammed
All shapes and sizes – arrangements galore
Titles curiously glanced at – by you and I
Some titles too small for the human eye
We eagerly look to see their reading habits
Yes low and behold –
bookshelves – bookshelves – bookshelves
All in array – everyone has one – has many –
Bookshelves well made and hanging together
Real wood and veneer adjacent side by side
Vertical stacked books horizontal as well –
Supported in rickety Mondrian pattern
Or – all displayed volumes in volumetric show
Best of binding don’t you know
Bookshelves – all have been exposed
Not things of the past as you might think
Bookshelves on show in a row
Ugly Covid’s by-product bonus for the eyes
Glimpses of how the other half live
They all love their bookshelves
We cannot fail to see
They all love their bookshelves
It’s a bookshelf-world made from the tree
Bookshelves – bookshelves – bookshelves
Everyone talks in their bookshelf room
Bookshelves – ‘If I ever see another bookshelf…’
Bookshelves on the TV
Bookshelves – it’s overwhelming me
I thought you said it’s all computerised?
While there before our eyes
Regardless of the subject-matter discussed
Regardless of Isolation – all locked in – at home –
Have bookshelf will travel –
Books and more books – bookshelf spree
With the all-encompassing comfort-zone-shelf
People – proud – chose that room – to let the world see
They still love their bookshelf – not even tidy
They say it doesn’t have to be
The humble bookshelf background –
or are we looking at a shop?
Bookshelves – surely a library is before me?
No – that’s their’s – in their home
(most advanced persons of the 21st century)
A bookshelf exposé
Bookshelves –
The ones that are not meant to be…
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