Do

Something in me always says

I don’t have time to read

the READERS WRITE section of Sun magazine

so I pass over it.

It must be some childhood trigger

which causes me to do this

so I continue to do this every month.

It’s a habit and I don’t care.

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When I get to the end of the magazine

I page backward

and always stop to read the last comment.

Which leads to the next to last.

Which leads to the next to the next to last

and so forth

until I get to the first one

and wish there were more.

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I don’t know why I do,

but I do,

I do it regularly

and have done it that way for years

And I will do it that way

until old age, retirement income

and medical bills have its way

and I can’t afford to do that anymore.

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