You said the books you once treasured
Are now pre-loved
Meaning
No longer loved
No longer needed
No longer wanted
You were making room
For new books
Casting away the older books
With their slightly yellowed pages
And creased spine
Dog-eared from those days
When you didn't believe in bookmarks
You were giving them away
To anyone willing to love
The pre-loved, once-loved
And you didn't have the guts to call them
Used
Secondhand
Waste of space
Abandoned
And I can't help worrying a little
If someday
You will cast me aside too
Use that godawful term
Pre-loved
Because you don't have the guts to say
Not loved anymore
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