Bibliophilia is Thrillier not Sillier

Gifts of Words by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant even nearly spell the word
But he tries to describe it with a literary smile
Despite his athletic good looks
AnElephant just adores books
Yep he is a lifelong card-carrying always-one-in-his-pocket bibliophile

AnElephantCant explain the compulsion or attraction
Which at one time means they fill nearly his whole home
But now he is peripatetic
His collection is pathetic
Two paperbacks and only one favourite thought-provoking tome

Both his readers know he loves poetry and poets
Especially Robert Burns near whose birthplace he oft roamed
So you may find this amazing
But it’s his second favourite Canadian
The treasure he carries is the Book of Longing by Leonard Cohen

AnElephant is habitually transcendentally calm
But now he has to report this quite excitedly
When he has the need
To find something to read
He stumbles cheerfully along to his local library

Now he confesses to owning a Kindle
But please do not consider this too dreadfully outrageous
On a train or a plane
It is a serious pain
To transport book after book with millions of pages

But this is a convenience and not a dolce far niente lifestyle
Please heed the screeds that he needs to plead here
He peruses many a thought shaper
Produced on well-thumbed wrinkled paper
AnElephant has a lifetime commitment to the good old fashioned analogue reader