missing books.

have you ever forgotten who you lent your book to?

so excited about it you just had to share it

remember saying you wanted it back

because you loved it so much

one day you notice

it’s still not back on your shelf

not sure who you lent it to

ask the possible borrowers

no one seems to remember it

couple of months pass

a person who you asked

appears with the book

asking you:

‘do you have any idea whose book this is?

i remember someone lent it to me.’

as a fan of both true crime and books

this is an interesting turn of events

one you’ve come to expect.

“never lend books, for no one ever returns them;

the only books i have in my library are books that other folks have lent me.”

-Anatole France, French author, La Vie Litteraire, 1888

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source credits:

Missing From the Shelf, Michael Salkeld, Published by Geoffrey Bles, 1936, London

The Case of the Missing Books, Ian Sansom, Published by Harper Collins, 2005

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