December 27, 2016

BOOK  SHELF

It was hard listening to him

with all those books behind

the words coming out of his

mouth. “I read that!” “Oh, I

enjoyed that book.” “Never

read that one.” “Interesting

title.”  So I closed my eyes

and began to listen to him -

and stop looking at the books

behind his head and sure enough -

hearing what he was saying,

I wondered, “When did he come

up with that conclusion? Was it

something we both had read?”

© Andy Costello, Reflections 2016