Death Of A Bookstore
The room is cold and sterile,
Bereft of sensations.
The walls exude a chill,
As a thin light through the window spills.
Casting pale shadows on racks,
Dry yet musty,
Where the tomes rest, in slothful idleness,
And volumes of tales, lost in translation,
Spineless and desiccated,
Paper backs and hard backs, in desolation,
Their timeworn leaves rasping sad stories of estrangement-
None to take, none to hold, none to own.
The bibliophile
Saunters in the empty aisles,
A loner, looking at
Straightjacketed books,
Dissociated and distanced by brackets.
Foggy titles on dusty covers and dusty jackets.
This world is spookish,
And anything but bookish.
Oh for that waft of warm scent!
Of bounded leather and printed paper,
Of steaming mugs and rustling leaves,
Of hushed tones and sunny spirits.
Alas! The bewitching hour is spent.
The bookworm’s beating heart stills.
The truth unveils,
Like an anticlimactic ending of a chapter,
It is now a local lore,
‘Death of a Bookstore’
Electronic earthworms can now chomp ‘n slurp away million bytes a minute to flashy pen drives as we relax getting a caffeine refill or hairdo.
Whether we get it all into our grey cells is another matter!
Era of the on demand literati has arrived.
When book stores die let electronic stores sprout!
More money in the latter if you ask me!
Excellent .. I never assumed someome could write on such topic
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With the advent of Electronics and Computors it has become more and more suitable to store written data in a very small space …the use of paper will become less and less in future
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Could be. But I still love bookstore .. Experience of being in a book for a bookstore in irreplaceable
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That’s true for sure …the joy of reading a book is totally different
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Amazing…. No words, off course..
I read a blog after a long time… N I’m glad that it’s yours…
How are you dear sister?
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Thanks dear sister …6 th semister exams just over …feeling relaxed a bit ro write something ..hows you dear sister …you might be enjoying summer holidays
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That’s great..
I’m also done with my 1st year exams… Yes enjoying holidays…hope you too are enjoying them…😊😍
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Ya me too …enjoying my day with a old school friend …its fun talking about those old school days …having breakfast.. lunch and watching a favourite movie together …I feel these days won’t come once again
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Yeah..those days won’t come Again…
Enjoy..😘
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Interesting perspective, but it was inevitable with the advent of technology!
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Yeah definitely. 😊
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Loved the imagery Kiran. Good to see you back here!
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Thanks dear Radhika didi 😊…good evening …how was your day today
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What a beautiful poem! I am immensely saddened whenever I see a bookstore shut, especially a favourite, oft-visited one, in the lanes of which lie thousands of my memories.
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Its a change …for now the paper books are being replaced gradually by digital books, PC , Laptops and mobile
But I would like say the feeling is bit different reading a paper book
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