chicken pot pie

it's an attractive
book
with an attractive man
smiling
on the front. he has
a phd in psychology.
blue and white.
a soft covered book.
easy
to read, light.
it hasn't found its way
onto the dog pile stack
at the front of the book store.
it's a book you
can pick up and put
down with regularity.
perhaps underlining
in yellow
passages that appeal
to you. such as.
imagine that you
have more money.
imagine that you have
met the love of
your life.
imagine that all your
wishes and dreams
have come true.
you like that.
the simplicity of just
thinking your self good.
hypnotizing yourself into making
your crummy world into
the way you've always
wanted it to be.
but then the smoke alarm
goes off
and you realize that while
you've been engrossed
in reading about how to be
a better person
your chicken pot pie has
caught fire in
the stove.