Dirt Cheap Lit

Dirt Cheap Lit

The rabbit in the moon is out tonight

Full, bright, (God I hope I’m a fullbright scholar

one day)

The rabbit gives me light, she lit the night

Ignited my moonly mind

As I pulled out bags and bags

Of heavy books I found

At Dirt Cheap

I picked out every piece of literature

I left the shelves bare. All bones, no meat

Just skin, shallow empty skin

Extra crispy crackling for the brain

Line the shelves of Dirt Cheap

Because of me

I took the books that no one liked

Because they didn’t know who

They were.

I stole the Reason and emotion, but I left Order

The shelves are now neat stacks

I put Ashley Tisdale and Miley Cyrus back with care,

I care.

I saved you Hemmingway, from the woman buying two dollar bras.

I saved you Orcy from the greasy fingers of the guy eating fried okra out of his pockets

they think French is a style of dressing,

Or how you eat your fries. You belong with me not

The man pulling blue dots off of tent

Trying to get away with a scam, a sham life,

He wants a discount on camping

But has never read “How to Build a Fire”