Addiction

...and so I bought another book

despite all I had to do:

Letters to write,

music to learn,

problems to solve,

along with all

I must recall.

So much to do,

while birds go on singing

to cats sleeping

cooled by the sun's

afternoon shades...

So much to do,

while the dead sleep

as we go on, not knowing

what for,

or why...

And so I bought another book -

where first I looked

at the last page,

Trying to find the answer.

Manuel L. Ponte