To virtually touch a book

To virtually touch a book is an acquired fetish Like understanding the joke without a punchline A government with a lame duck prime minister The bobsleigh champion that does not finish Those who get kicks from the clicks of Amazon Those who have three to four sauces with burger To almost feel the texture of the paperback Is like the air kiss which one practices in society High on something other than the printed reality To browse properly, is not an obscure pleasure It it a freedom exercised in face of the sinister Google that would do away with direct intercourse Between author, reader and text, and prostitute Rights and duties of what is just plain nature To browse is to breath