literary sophistry

should I malinger
with j.d. salinger?
should I agree
with harper lee?
should I set my eye
on the catcher in the rye?
or should I be lured
to kill a mocking bird?
I know that it’s nice
that the postman only rings twice.

james hadley chase

is a novelist ace.

and if if i've gotta come clean,

my favorite is alistair maclean:

the way to dusty death

still takes away my breath.

i learned my legal lesson

from my beloved perry mason.

but most of all, what still charms

is a farewll to arms.

ernest hemmingway,

i'll remember that tome to my dying day.

i feel naughty today.