Chamblin’s
Musky. Wrinkled
Buttery milk colored pages
Acid vanilla. Dank grass
Sublimating
Off the pages
Into our faces
Volatile organic compounds
Off-gassing
Blazing a pathway
Degradation
Deterioration
The destruction of our youth
Devastated by the mainframe
The mainstream
Dust settles
On the brain.
Rot.
Look up and smile
Strain to take it in
All the tomes you will never know
Welcome to the used bookstore
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