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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 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]