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Books are thieves of hours.

They kidnap the mind;

The body is left behind.

But books are always

Caught read-handed

And released

After serving many

Arresting sentences.


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J. Patrick Lewis

J. Patrick Lewis is an author and poet from Westerville, Ohio (USA). He has written several collections of poetry focusing on books, libraries, and reading, including Please Bury Me In The Library (Harcourt, 2005) and The Bookworm’s Feast: A Potluck of Poems (Dial, 1999). http://www.jpatricklewis.com [inline-graphic 01i]

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