Book Sale: a Sonnet by Anonymous
Book Sale: a Sonnet
by Anonymous
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Book Sale: a Sonnet
by Anonymous
The Stanford Libraries must bankrupt be:
When I passed Meyer, they were selling books,
For less than what they'd paid, incredibly.
I stopped: it's not a thing one overlooks.
They hawked the paperbacks for but a dollar,
And hard-bound volumes sold for only two.
I found these bargain prices hard to swaller,
Though naturally, I purchased quite a few.
I still was puzzled why they'd sell their stock:
To solve this mystery I resolved to try.
I pondered long the motive for this shock,
And now I think I've found the reason why.
The books for sale must not be moving well,
So what they cannot lend, they think to sell!
Originally published in SUL News Notes, December 11, 1992.
c 1992, 1995 Fleabonnet Press for the author.
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