to be honest,
   mainstream media (i.e. newspapers)
are worth the most
needed attention on a saturday
or a sunday,
          why?
          well... just because of their
supplements...
             if you're like me,
   and read enough or bought enough
cheap paperback books,
    well, read (past participle, red?)
                either online or in decent
charity shops (esp. those in edinburgh)
you stop reading books...
       well, books that are not priced
below $60...
                        what's that, 50 quid?
you begin to drift
                   into reading book reviews
rather than the books themselves...
i'm currently reading a book that's
a hardback, priced at $60...
            obviously cheaper online...
nonetheless,
        you see how you can suddenly
  become a "pompous brat"
           or at least, simply pretentious
with due concerns...
        but in terms of
                            being a bibliophile?
my library?
from floor to the ceiling
                 they're stacked...
    you never get to write fiction
if you read a lot...
        and that includes newspapers...
   no chance in hell of writing a novel
designated the category of fiction
if you read more than your capacity
to write...
           oh that isn't a horrid assumption,
poetry needs its readers of fiction
                        and journalism:
   to a greater extent that it needs
its performers...
               but that's the scenario:
  after you've read the basic books
that constitute the pillars of literature -
you end up reading book reviews in
  newspaper supplements on a saturday
and a sunday... and turn to really expensive
books... mind you, such books can last
up to 2 year's worth of reading "revenue";
what?
          women spend ****-loads on
  shoes and handbags...
      if you're a man... you'll only become a man
if you buy an expensive book...
  and no, nothing for a coffee table
to impress some guest in your home,
a book that's expensive, and that you can
hold in your hands, before you finish it,
2 years later.