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Author Unknown, Cover Unseen

December 19, 2013
By Rebecca Hargraves BRONZE, Ben Lomond, California
Rebecca Hargraves BRONZE, Ben Lomond, California
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How can I disappear?

I hide in the back woods to be by myself
I try to be the last book to be removed from the shelf
I don’t know why it feels so good
To be ignored
I still want my story to be explored
I pray for one day someone notices
the book with the price-tag untouched
I notice others like myself
never taken by someone else’s clutch

Sometimes I wish to be a book that is read over & over
But I could not handle being torn on the cover
Annotated
Highlighted
Bookmarked
Carried Everywhere
Borrowed
Ripped
Taped
Bind Broken
Coffee Stains
I would be garbage by then
No one else would want to read me
but the one who bought me first
That would be how I disappear

Collecting dust sounds nice
Soft, Silent
Story still pristine
Nobody would throw me out if I were written clean
That would be how I disappear

Author Unknown, Cover Unseen.


The author's comments:
People are like books. You see their cover first with their title. If you choose you can pick them up and get to know them. You can read the first few chapters and give up, or read through the whole thing. I wrote this poem to show different ways people can disappear. One way is by not being known at all, never picked up off the shelf. Another way is by being known by everyone or a lot by one person. It can be hurtful and appealing either way. Which way would you rather disappear?

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