Cosmic Exit to a
Parallel Universe
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Yes, reading books is clearly the best way
To keep from being forced to lead your life.
It’s far, far better than crime films or, say,
The writing of a poem. Life is rife
With true experience or, rather, Truth
Experience, not satisfactory
By any means. In fact, it’s like a tooth-
Ache, making poets feel refractory.
We just want past that suffering.
The reading done among the fiction stacks
Is far less painful. They give buffering,
Make you less vulnerable to attacks.
00 If calm detachment is one’s constant goal,
0000 Let novels be your great escape wormhole.