Borrower Blues / by Brian Kunde

Borrower Blues
by Brian Kunde

This book’s in the South Stacks,
that one’s off in SAL.
This one’s here, but checked out.
That one’s simply gone.
I’m just out of luck:
project’s nearly due.
Can’t complete it, now.
I’ve got the borrower blues.

Portal jockey stops me
’cause I’ve lost my card.
Can’t get in my locker —
combination’s lost.
I’m plain out of luck:
project’s due today.
Can’t complete it, now.
I’ve got the borrower blues.

Can’t check out that thesis
I need to consult.
Haven’t brought the last back:
lost the book last month.
Haven’t got the money
on me for the fine.
I’m shit-out-of-luck, now.
project’s over-due.
Can’t finish, no way.
I’ve got the can’t hack it,
hard case, no good,
dead-beat, bummed out,
borrower —
buh-luuues....

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Borrower Blues

Originally published in
SUL News Notes, Vol. 5, no. 5, Feb. 9, 1996.

1st web edition posted 7/29/2008.
This page last updated 9/20/2013.