The man who owned the bookstore was not magic.
\nFar from it
\nHe was as farthest from magic a man could be
\nwith his tiny glasses perched at the end of his nose
\na small, wiry frame
\nand wispy thin white hair
\nalmost ready to be blown off his head<\/p>\n
He never recognized me
\nno matter how many times I came in
\nduring a month<\/p>\n
He was too busy with his nose in a book
\ntransported to another time and place
\neach tome on his shelves
\na magic carpet ride of the imagination<\/p>\n
Was he in outer space?<\/p>\n
Deep sea diving with fantastical tenacled sea creatures?<\/p>\n
Having a love affair with a countess?<\/p>\n
Slaying a dragon in front of a medieval castle?<\/p>\n
On a voyage to a new land?<\/p>\n
Or just sitting in a sun dappled garden waiting for his beloved?<\/p>\n
There was no way I could tell
\nas I waited for him to emerge from the book’s depth
\nto ring up the tattered paperback in my hand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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