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There are books that nobody ever reads,
lines expanded with stories that never get to catch,
eyes stalking cyberspace,
inside there is SOcial media, SOOcial media, SOOOcial media,
like a 3-ring circus they join by watching themselves,
as though egotism could have value in a selfie,
as though Spam could impart knowledge to untaught minds.

From time to time I read some
hardbacks that converted Kindle Fire,
fitting together with the popular, with the digital era,
with those who run and intensify this circus,
and intellectual students married to information,
books sitting on shelves behind me,
the computer screen before me,
eyes darting wildly to see illusions and jokes,
witnessing a tragic magic trick as books disappear .

When was the last time you read a book?