Paper Bookmarks In My Diet

I've got paper bookmarks in my diet
I read intently
Nibble the corner
Rip off a bite
Chew, _{chew, chew}
It's amazing how long it lasts
Almost longer than
Bubble gum.

It takes a good book
To get me started
But once I start;
I really can't stop
Until...
Nibble by _{meager nibble...}
It's gone.

I only choose the very best.
Lined paper just will not do
And it takes usually a corner,
Or the oddly-shaped edges formed
From ripping a page from the rings,
Holding the untold stories of the notebook in place.

I love that musty old smell
When you flip the book pages
Past your nose
They briefly tickle me, delight me
The tiny fibers of material barely visible,
It releases an aroma into my nose
That no highly technologically advanced anything can compare to.

I flip the well-worn pages with a practiced ease,
Close my eyes
Inhale deeply
Exhale slowly
_Smile.

Because nothing makes me happier
Than a good old book smell
And paper bookmarks in my diet.