In modern day, we oft forget, the pleasure that is reading

No, not reading magazines, or comics, or the credit scene,

But real reading! From a book! The paper kind you dolt!

“Buy me technology!” The children all are pleading,

Boy, those children of today, sure do love their screen,

No lock can keep them from their code, not even a dead bolt!

But with a holiday, soon approaching, I know what they’ll be needing,

No the newest I-Phone, No! Stop whining like a teen!

A book, you fool! A book they need, it’s cheaper than her colt!

Smell that paper, new or old, that wooden paper scent!

Brings back good memories, right?

SO GET A FREAKING BOOK

If brain rotting you wish to prevent,

And end this modern blight

JUST BY A FREAKING BOOK

You’ll find your money is well spent

Just give up without a fight

GO BUY A FREAKING BOOK

So fly you fool! To the store!

Words are life, more precious than obsidian

And it does not do, to dwell on screens, and soon forget to read

Think Little Women is a bore?

Try The Chronicles Of Prydian

Or perhaps you might like Feed

Still believe that reading is a chore?

You’re as stupid as a Floridian!

Just pick one up! I plead!

Reading takes us far away

Lands unknown, worlds unseen

Wars we’ll never have to fight

So go ahead, read all day!

Go to places you’ve never been,

You might enjoy it, far too much, and even read all night!