I was born in a
Fine old edition of Schiller
While
I started life
in
a private eye thriller
We’re book lice We’re book lice
who dwell who dwell
in these dusty bookshelves. in these dusty bookshelves.
Later I lodged in
Scott’s works—volume 50
While
I passed my youth
in
an Agatha Christie
We’re book lice We’re book lice
attached attached
despite contrasting pasts. despite contrasting pasts.
One day, while in search of
a new place to eat
He
fell down seven shelves,
where
we happened to meet
We’re book lice We’re book lice
who chew who chew
on the bookbinding glue. on the bookbinding glue.
We honeymooned in an
old guide book on Greece
I
missed Conan Doyle
he
pined for his Keats
We’re book lice We’re book lice
fine mates fine mates
despite different tastes. despite different tastes.
So we set up our home
inside Roget’s thesaurus
Not
far from my mysteries,
close
to his Horace
We’re book lice We’re book lice
adoring adoring
despite her loud snoring. despite his loud snoring.
and there we’ve resided,
and there we’ll remain,
he
nearby his Shakespeare,
I
near my Spillane
We’re book-loving we’re book-loving
book lice book lice
plain
proof of the fact
which I’m certain I read
in a book some months back
that opposites that opposites
often are known often are known
to attract to attract.
Fleischman, Paul. “Book lice.” Joyful
Noise: Poems for Two Voices. New York: Harper Trophy, 1988. 15-17. Print.
- lower sec
- unconventional love
- imagery, personification, alliteration,
rhyme
- pairs to read out loud and vary beat/ rhythm,
emphasis; can re-write poem as picture (visual poetry)
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