How long do you reckon
it'll take you to read a book
say, of a thousand pages?
Well, it took the intellectual
six months to read, thinking
and considering every page and idea;
the writer took about five months
taking in the aptness and beauty
of each phrase and word;
the teacher took three months,
the librarian two and so did the reviewer -
*but the student, the student did it in just one night,
just the night before the final exams...*
Oct 20, 2014
Oct 20, 2014 at 11:07 PM UTC
How long do you reckon
it'll take you to read a book
say, of a thousand pages?
Well, it took the intellectual
six months to read, thinking
and considering every page and idea;
the writer took about five months
taking in the aptness and beauty
of each phrase and word;
the teacher took three months,
the librarian two and so did the reviewer -
*but the student, the student did it in just one night,
just the night before the final exams...*
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