I had to make a Costco run tonight. On my way home I drove past our Borders store and noticed that this was the last day of their liquidation sale. Everything in the store was 90 percent off. So I decided I'd stop by for one final visit.
I walked into the vast, blank space where empty bookshelves stood looking quite forlorn. Some tables had a few books scattered on them. As I glanced at the titles, I wondered what made these poor, unwanted volumes the last to be chosen. And I felt inexplicably sad.
Then suddenly, I was back in seventh grade gym class, standing with another girl, waiting to be the final, reluctant choice of a team captain for some sports team. Arrgghh...I should have bought one of those books!
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