abibliophobia

it begins with the first packing 

settles in comfortably 

in the back of my mind 

and spreads its tendrils 

far from the stem

to envelope 

(almost) all the rest 

of my addicted family 

until five books 

for a weekend trip

seems not unreasonable.

a b i b l i o p h o b i a~fear of being without books