“Library Book Return”

by: Ananya Bharadwaj

She fascinates you
so you take ahold
And she’s stuck
A placeholder

between your pinky and your thumb
You quench your curiosity
You bend her corners
You fill her with your annotations
You find her faults
You even took notes

And yet she let you skim through her pages
She remains infatuated
What are your scribbled notes?
Why did you stop reading?
What is she to you?

she was a placeholder between your pinky and your thumb

Filled with your annotations
Pages worn and torn for your use
She fascinated you