Memory

I look at the books on my shelves like they are photographs. I see the titles and the covers and am reminded of where I was when I read that poem. Who I read that novel with. Who introduced me to that author. Everyone always tells me to purge my books, sell them, give them away, but to me that would be like giving friendships away, memories away. Even the worst book tells more than it's own story. It tells mine too.