Old Books Squeaky Floor

Yesterday
At the Antiquarian book fair
Park Avenue Armory
Inside
Old older and oldest books
Maps, and posters
A map of Florida
Spanish
1768
Florida
With no roads crossing the Everglades__
A tourist placard from 1883
Promoting an Arctic Whaling voyage
And comic books
In the early 1960s
I had the first Spiderman, Fantastic Four, and more
Bought with my paper route money
My father hated them
Tore them to pieces
He never said why
Or I never heard him___
They are now worth fortunes
All I have from then
My 5th Grade report card
All As and Bs
Perfect attendance
1964___
Now with books
Dating back centuries
The oldest book in the world
The Etruscan Gold Book
Solid gold
2400 years old
None older___
At home I have old books
Edgar Allan Poe,
Collected Works
TRUE GRIT, an illustrated Jules Verne
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS
En francais__
Now waiting for Iggy
Seated on the left handed stairs
Listening to the squeak of the wooden floor
Beneath the feet of old book lovers
None walk silent
I am
I am not walking___