2022/5/15 #poetry I used to think that it was a figure of speech to say that you couldn't put it down. Just a metaphor for how excellent you thought the book was. But now I see that it can really ensnare you, divert you from work, prevent sleep, even make you forget a meal, when a book is exactly up your alley. That while you could of course put it down, only a real emergency could prevent you from picking it right back up again.