Today I was found by a book <br />Waiting patiently on a shelf <br />Amongst the bric-a-brac <br />Next to a Beatles books of songs <br />Vases, trinkets, by row and row, <br />Hardbound and clean as though <br /> Had never read a human eye, <br />Scripted calligraphy cover in bold style <br />Red, Gold and Blue <br />Thought I could read in café awhile <br />Waiting for the builder <br />Got a bloody parking ticket though’ <br /> <br /> <br />And so this book <br />It danced it shook <br />Grabbed a hold as if by hook <br />My hand <br />£4.00 please, Oh is that all thank you, bye. <br /> <br />Got it home Carole looked <br />It’s very famous, while she cooked, <br />I browsed a page and wowed when found <br />King Alfred made it Old English Sound! <br />From Latin, <br />The last wise king of England some say. <br /> <br />Beothius: Consolation of Philosophy, <br /> <br />Forward by Brian Keenan <br />Lebanese prisoner <br /> <br /> <br />Never heard of Beothius <br />Before this day, <br />Thank you.<br /><br />Wojja Fink<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/magnetic-muse/
