it is a rocket into space
taking you to amazing places
beyond your wildest imagination
where you can watch
the golden clouds of Telure
wafting up its emerald climbs
high over its warm cerulean seas
where you can hear
the shrill haunting calls
of fast coral-winged Lellurts
racing into Droon’s violet skies
or see the copper hues
of rustling Parmus fronds
fire the indigo ground mists
beneath Gemin’s crystal trees
or maybe a genie’s lamp
carrying you off to Xanadu
to Kubla Khan’s pleasure-dome
where the sacred river Alph runs
or perhaps an enchantment
that introduces you to Bastian
and you two adventure to Fantasia
to save the kingdom from The Nothing
no, this is not a book
it’s a time travel vehicle
a portal to parallel worlds
it’s a key to unlock wonders
it’s imagination’s magic carpet
it is anything you dream it to be
but it’s definitely not — just a book
rob kistner © 2021
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