Ode to a Bookbinder
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Bookbinder, bookbinder...

Baron of books
Sultan of scrolls
Lord of leaflets
Prince of pages
Sheikh of sheafs
Collater of columns
Warden of words
Evil of evils

oh, bookbinder, bookbinder

My heart - aching
My soul - shattered
My life - empty

oh, bookbinder, bookbinder

So cruel
So callow
So nonexistent

I hate you for adoring you, for I love only a legend
I yearn for a fable and lust for a lie

oh, bookbinder, bookbinder

Go link a node and die
For such a myth as you

Surely

Cannot

Exist

As there is not enough room in this Basin for both you and my rage for
lack of your wares

...bookbinder...


Penned by my hand on the 22nd of Roarkian, in the year 223 CE.