

The Bookcase's LamentHi!The Bookcase's Lament
It's me.
Your bookcase.
I know it's been a while, and you might not recognize me with all the dust, but I'm still here nonetheless.
Remember all the good times? Like when you first brought me home from IKEA? The excitement in your eyes as you placed The Collected Works Of Mark Twain on my shelf? The ecstatic revelation that you finally had a place to put all your graphic novels?
I remember.
I remember the look you have me today when you placed the current issue of McSweeney's amongst Allen Ginsburg and Walt Kelly's Pogo.
The same
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Memories of torment strikes me
Attempts were made to suffocate me at birth
Fools
I was already ancient
Thou can not kill what breeds within Thee
Emperor - The Loss and Curse of Reverence
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I'm patient because I don't care.
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Now I'm an airliner pilot.
AN AIRLINER PILOT OF DOOM.
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