Reading Scheme
Books don’t help to box-tick
Books don’t bring good health
Book are really toxic
They murder you by stealth
They creep in through the eyeball
Pour poison in the iris
And even King James’ Bible
Will start a nasty virus
Books are full of theories
Books are dim and vague
A book may think. It wearies
Books are like the plague
Books don’t come with jam in
Books may make you bleed
Books may start a famine
Books won’t help you read
Books are not a bargain
Books will take up space
Books are filled with jargon
Books are a disgrace
Libraries, like dead dugs
Never will sustain you
Like head-lice, fleas and bed-bugs
They will not entertain you
Books should all be hidden
Away from public gaze
Store them in a midden
Or better, start a blaze
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