RIP TBR

I bought a book today

And yesterday and the day before

And the day before the day before that day

And maybe four more

It's a habit now

It's a hobby it's a curse

My bookshelf's looking pregnant

And my wallet's looking worse

I tell myself

"Reading is self-care"

But I've built a Jenga tower of paperbacks

That'll kill me if I dare

To sneeze in its direction

Ooh what a sweet confection

Of fantasy and fiction that I'll never read

But hey I'm cultured in theory

Oh my T-B-R is

T-B-R-U-T-A-L

I'll die under a hardback avalanche

And my tombstone will just spell:

"Here lies Pansy-vibes

She bought 'War and Peace' twice

Never read it once

But the aesthetic was nice"

I highlight quotes I never reach

Arrange spines I'll never breach

I buy a planner to organize

Then impulse buy five more bookish supplies

There's a cart on Amazon

There's a cart on Barnes & Noble

There's a cart in IndieBound

There's a cart that's actually just a physical cart

Help

But don't worry

I'm gonna slow down and read what I have first

JUST KIDDING!

New releases drop at dawn

And my restraint is gone

My TBR is too big to fail

It's the Lehman Brothers of Lit

I'm a book dragon

Hoarding pages like gold

I'll be 95 blind as a bat

Still whispering

"Add to hold"

So if you see me in a bookstore

Don't you dare intervene

Let me live let me dream

Let me drown in dopamine

Because every unread book's a promise

A future life I'll lead

Even if I'll never read it

I like that I could read

And that's enough for me