best seller

you pick up
where you left off.
having
dog eared the page
with a lick
of thumb
and finger.
you read the next
sentence,
then the next.
you can't pronounce
one name
in the book.
you stare at the cover.
a dragon tattoo.
you look at the last
page
and see what it
has to say.
how does this thing
end?
then you look
at the number of
pages left
to go. you read
all the blurbs in
the front saying how
great the book is.
you sigh,
begin to read
again, then stop.
you throw the book
across
the room
aiming for a bag
of trash that needs
to go out
at the crack of
dawn. the book
lands perfectly
in the opening,
settling it for good.