I am a mild man, you'll agree,
But red my rage is,
When folks who borrow books from me
Turn down their pages.
Or when a chap a book I lend,
And find he's loaned it
Without permission to a friend -
As if he owned it.
But worst of all I hate those crooks
(May hell-fires burn them!)
Who beg the loan of cherished books
And don't return them.
My books are tendrils of myself
No shears can sever . . .
May he who rapes one from its shelf
Be damned forever.
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From guest almas (contact)
Instead of all these sad book lending experience I must say you all are lucky as you were in a position to lend a book to someone. You were a book keeper.
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Service on books
I never borrow a book I intend to return. I am a book thief. -
must i be reminded of the pitiful mistake i made of lending a gabo right from under my hands to a friend; and to never see it's backside again! (had to repurchase it!) i have learnt my lesson
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Oh How I relate to this I'm still waiting on 2 of my books to be returned to me after a very l-o-n-g time and I find myself becoming quite stressed before asking (for the umpteenth time) for their return. Mr Service was reading many minds as he wrote this.
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Having just reclaimed some books I lent to a friend I now wholheartedlt agree with Service's sentiments
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*sighs with relief* i'm not the only one! *laughs*
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