Picking my books
For prize giving
I just wanted to
Go In the
Shop and get back
Out again!
The first book
I bought from
An actual bookshop
Was James Pattersons:
The lake house.
I only did so because
I had watched
A random stranger
Pick it up
When I was
Getting a dictionary.

I had to ask the librarian
What books she
Recommended as my
Parents didn't give a hoot
When it came to homework.
I read Lord of the Rings
Only because I had a flu
And couldn't go out
On bike or micro scooter.

My grandfather gave
Me the supplementary
Magazines from the Telegraph
Every week without fail
Even when I moved
In with Fred.
I said to him
That I might
Study English Literature
Through open university