“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