reading philosophy books by the dozen
underlining lingo
doodling on the margin
highlighting, running out of ink
words I might not understand: circled to be looked up later or never
13 pages so far, but it's taken 30 minutes
marking up the page
researching religion
all for philosophy by the dozen
American Minds
Symbol of Age
The American Renaissance
Freedom of Thought
The Savages of America
A Study in Social Values
written in Oxford
Columbia Press
Duke
Yale
Princeton
John Hopkins
Cornell
Old with worn paper
faded binding and titles
smells like wood
smells like books
shelves beside my bed
the smell of old gold age
book essence fills my nose
and drifts me off to sleep
