[Critique Group 2] Leonards submission for next Tuesday.\

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Home in a Scroll  or Home, Home on the Page 
Uncle Wiggly lived on paper pages, 
nestled between textured lime green bindings 
of my early childhood cherished book, 
as actual to me as anyone, 
and lives today in a memory nook. 
Grimm’s pages, strewn across my bedroom floor, 
warned me of a world of deadly fire, 
and If I dared not to follow the rules, 
I could be cooked in a boiling kettle 
by a hungry ugly vicious old witch. 
Little Sambo turned tigers to butter, 
so if I ran around fast as a churn, 
I could escape from wolves, tigers and bears. 
churn tigers to butter, bears to honey 
and wolves to harmless, toothless  grandmothers. 
My first time ever library 
held a dusty, toasty scent, 
cuddled me in its sweet bouquet, 
a child’s blanket swathing me 
and showing me I’m safe at home. 
Though I can no longer read with eyes, 
the musty, smells of aging books, 
textures of page and bindings, 
and allure of new and ancient stories 
still enfold me in their timeless lore, 
secure behind my ever-after  door.
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