Why Buy? Poem by Omar Osman Jabak

I know someone who buys books.
I also know where else he looks.
The books he buys remain closed.
The stuff he gets is hardly used.
A book is there for us to read.
We buy the stuff we badly need.
A closed book does him no good.
Unneeded things just follow suit.
Never buy a book to keep it shut.
You learn no tales and lose a lot.
Many buy things they never need.
They boast about the life they lead.
They think they are so very cool!
It is themselves they really fool!

30/4/2016