In Love

I went into the antique bookstore to find a copy of Monolithos by Jack Gilbert. The owner shows me a copy of The Great Fires and asks, Have you read? I tell him I own it and that Gilbert is my favorite author. So he hands it to me and says, Take it. It's a gift. It was like entering an all you can eat brownie & cookie factory. So happy. I feel bad now. Almost like looting.

It's a signed 1st edition hardcover. This is my most expensive book and I got it for free!