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Poop and Boogers

8/3/2018

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Someone told me that she always buys new books. “Library books breed germs, you know,” she said. I guess she thought the occasional brown fingerprints could be poop and yellow blobs could be boogers. But I didn’t press for details because she wasn’t the type to tolerate questions of a sanitary nature.  
 
She reminded me of my mom who insisted on reading the newspaper first for the same reason. She said a fresh newspaper was the cleanest item in the world. At the time, I wondered if this obsession might shave minutes off of her hour-long handwashing routine.
 
I considered their arguments. And that new books keep our precious bookstores afloat.
 
But it’s just too lonely for me to read a fresh book. I love to find a daintily folded corner especially in poetry volume. Or nearly invisible pencil marks -- a check or an underline, a rare exclamation mark. Someone is helping me see magic! Someone traveled this road before me.
 
I’m not alone.  

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