Borrower Blues / by Brian Kunde

Borrower Blues
by Brian Kunde

This book’s off in storage,
that one’s in transit.
This one’s here, but checked out.
That one’s simply gone.
I’m just out of luck;
project’s nearly due.
Can’t complete it, now.
Got the borrower blues.

Portal jockey stops me
’cause I’ve lost my card.
Can’t get in my locker —
combination’s lost.
I’m plain out of luck;
project’s due today.
Can’t complete it, now.
Got the borrower blues.

Can’t check out that thesis
I need to consult
Till I bring the one back
lost a month ago.
I’m shit-out-of-luck;
project’s over-due.
Can’t complete it, now.
Got the can’t hack it,
hard case, no good, dead-beat,
bummed out, borrower —
buh-luuues....

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Borrower Blues

from Bibliotec(hnic)a : Poems, Sep. 24, 2013.
An earlier version appeared in
SUL News Notes, Vol. 5, no. 5, Feb. 9, 1996.

1st web edition posted 5/14/2014.