First Book
Open it.
Go ahead, it won’t bite.
Well…maybe a little.
More a nip, like. a tingle.
It’s pleasurable, really.
You see, it keeps on opening.
You may fall in.
Sure, it’s hard to get started;
remember learning to use knife and fork?
Dig in:
You’ll never reach bottom.
It’s not like it’s the end of the world—
just the world as you think
you know it.
Go ahead, it won’t bite.
Well…maybe a little.
More a nip, like. a tingle.
It’s pleasurable, really.
You see, it keeps on opening.
You may fall in.
Sure, it’s hard to get started;
remember learning to use knife and fork?
Dig in:
You’ll never reach bottom.
It’s not like it’s the end of the world—
just the world as you think
you know it.
by Rita Dove.
Artist Unknown
Artist Unknown
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