What is this need
to buy more books
than I can possibly read?
More Rankin, and Rendell;
more Dessaix, and Dahl;
The Tolstoy Estate,
and Stravinsky's Lunch.
Here's Anne of Avonlea,
and Harper Lee;
Rodinson on Mohammed,
Crilly on a bicycle,
and Le Carre, a most wanted man.
Why wouldn't I buy more books
than I could possibly read?