The 8 lb. Book

(The story of a textbook)

Oh, how I hate you, you 8 lb. book of droning knowledge.

Oh, how I wish you were smaller and so much more entertaining.

Oh, how your explanations never reach an end or meaning.

Oh, how can I read another page, another sentence, another word.

Oh, how can we be expected to know you through and through.

Oh, how I wish I could absorb you without reading you.

Oh, how long until the test on you.

Oh, how much more of this agony must I be subject to.

Oh, how grateful I am that the end is in sight.

Oh, fuck, I should have read you more...you 8 lb. book.