The Book of Love

That thing you read,

but I did not:

I promised I would,

but then forgot.

It wasn't long

- rather - quite short,

but I threw it away,

without a thought.

I remember the title

- at least one word -

whatever it was,

I thought it absurd.

That book is gone,

no longer mine,

and if you were still,

I'd read ev'ry line.