“If I should meet”

If I should meet

If this author I should meet

In a bookstore or on the street

Will she autograph my books

Or give me ugly, sullen looks?

Will she shoo her hand and say,

“Old man just go away.”

Or will she take her pen in hand

And send me to the Promised Land?

Driving pen down into my heart

And ending life with a sudden start?

Or will she stop and graciously offer

To personalize the books I proffer?

Thanking me for supporting her

Though these works may be obscure?

If this author I should meet

On a bench or restaurant seat

Sadly, I’ll not have her books with me.

What a disappointment that will be.

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