Reading Time: 1 Min.
Photo by Annie Spratt via Unsplash Hey, girl, it’s me. The book at the bottom of your “To Be Read” pile. I thought maybe tonight we could hang out. You can slip me out from under this stack, slide between my pages, and get to know me better. We deserve some quality time, just you and me, away from the eight books you heaped on top of me. And those four next to the lamp. I’ve been on this bedside table for two years, and I want to take this relationship to the next level. Girl, I’m ready to open up for you. It feels like just yesterday you were at the bookstore with your friend Ainsley and she was like, “Have you read this? You HAVE to get it!” I felt the thrill of your fingers stroking my spine. In a flash, I was at the cash register, then in your bag, then your bedroom. My diction will thrill you but I need to be on top. You didn’t touch me that night, which was surprising given our whirlwind courtship at Books Are Magic, but I respect your pacing. I figured I’d get picked up in a day or two. But then you put that Sally Rooney novel on top of me and I was like, hmmm. Okay. You’re reading other people. That’s cool. Then The Nickel Boys showed up. Then a John Grisham book you bought while stuck at Newark airport. Then Do-It-Yourself Basic Home Repair . No idea where that one came from. The point is, my diction will thrill you but I need to be on top. I’m beginning to show signs of age. A coffee stain on my cover. Some dust. A splotch from when you used me to kill a spider. I noticed your Toni Morrison book doesn’t have a splotch. Take a break from the news We publish your favorite authors—even the ones you haven’t read yet. Get new fiction, essays, and poetry delivered to your inbox. Submit YOUR INBOX IS LIT Enjoy strange, diverting work from The Commuter on Mondays, absorbing […]
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