It isn’t hard to do.
Take it off the shelf,
if you can find it behind the others
piled up over years of neglect.
Dust off the cover and the edges
watch out for the paper wraparound sleeve
with quotes and comments that convinced nobody
but which keeps the real outside in good condition.
Open to a page, any page,
and just read.
- Kevin Oliver
(National Poetry Writing Month, Day one. Prompt was to write something giving instructions on how to do something. Title stolen from a favorite old song.
Kevin Oliver Poetry 