i

books are much!
long lost
tactile friend

of the mind
and heart-
touch

to thought..
now and then
always

they be
full of
everything!

why
why not
mayhap..

ii

i buy a book at the market
there is much to consider
(in no set
order)

(lily bathes in stilled
cores)
odor
or

art work on the
cover
author

dedication
to lover
marker

a flower
telephone
numbers

some accounts
to daddy
love jimmy

christmas
1955
preface

underlined
die
print

ing
bind
in
­
condition
not in
cost

17 shillings..
by the same
similar

50 cent
lent
library

newmarket
bankok
hostels

bantam
puffin
pengui­n

mm
7 reprints
have i read

these
save
trees

a bar
a beach
strange thread..