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Lock me
in that Nunnery
so those
who have none
will have one
Allowing
REALITY
to intervene:
in this image
I am reddened
with guilt and shame
Here's why:
I had read
almost 150 pages
of this book
within two days
and
was totally enthralled
by the story
The following week
I read no more than
six pages,
doing more
head-scratching
than reading
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I put the book aside
with Page 153
highlighted
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NOW:
Let me say this
about that
Atop
the book image,
I underlined
"Worldwide Bestseller"
and I hope the author
made a gazillion dollars
as a result
because
in my opinion
no one alive today
—writing in English—
is more talented
than Margaret Atwood
When you read
a dozen books
by the same writer,
you have enough
mental lumber
to build
such a conclusion
Novels, short stories, poetry,
and social criticism:
Margaret does it all
with such ease, wit,
wisdom, shock value
—and best of all—
very dark humor
She writes
like someone
whose next book
can be written
while the author
is blindfolded
and the result
will still be
wonderfully
brilliant
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My favorite title is
(1969)
and
(2005)
is an updated version of
written from
a different perspective
The original version
was written by
and his tale is told
over the course of
one thousand pages
Not until I am locked away
in a nut house
would I attempt to read what
the first modern novelist
penned
almost
ten centuries ago
Penelopiad
is 224 pages
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Margaret Atwood
is 86-years-old
but sometimes
she can pass for
a 33-year-old
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My secret hope
is that
between the time
you read this page
from top-to-bottom,
Margaret Atwood makes
another gazillion dollars
+
and hires Mrs. CarPeo
to do the artwork
for her next
book
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© PAUL OLIVERIO ©
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