First attempt
The bibliophile’s prayer:
Dear Books, I confess my adoration for you! Please deliver me from life’s mundanities into those magical heavens of limitless, ideal fantasies above. Help me maintain my tenuous balance, lest I plummet to reality.
Thanks,
David
Mea culpa!
When I first wrote this piece, I misread one of the prompts! I thought Sammi Cox’s prompt word was “bibliophile” – but it is “bibliopole”! Ack!
So, I’ve rewritten this piece accordingly!
Second attempt
The bibliopole’s prayer:
Dear Books, I confess my adoration for you! Please deliver my customers from life’s mundanities into the heavens of limitless, ideal fantasies. May we help them maintain their tenuous balance, lest they plummet earthward.
Thanks,
David
This piece of flash fiction was written in response to:
- The Sunday Muse #237;
- Fandango’s One-Word Challenge: ‘confess’;
- Ragtag Daily Prompt Saturday: ‘thanks’;
- Word of the Day Challenge: ‘adoration’;
- The Daily Spur: ‘ideal’;
- Your Daily Word Prompt: ‘deliver’;
- Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #286: ‘bibliopole’
The Skeptic's Kaddish 🇮🇱 
Feels like a limerick, no? A bibliopole from Miami…
😄🙏🏻 qbit 🙏🏻😄
And your correction worked seamlessly!
💚 Sara 💚 ~ thanks so much
~David
I like them both David!
🧡🙏🏻 Robert 🙏🏻🧡
haahaha good cover and I want to plummet wherever you land.. to funny! 🤣
🤪 🙏🏻 Cindy 🙏🏻 🤪
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Well done, David. And an excellent recovery. You were not the only one. 🙂
But remember, without bibliophiles, bibliopoles have no customers. 🙂
Glad you put them both here.
💙🙏🏻 Bill 🙏🏻💙 ~ thanks!
I can subscribe to the first one.
😻 Dolly 😻
Great use of the word bibliophile! It goes perfectly with the image 🙂
💛🙏🏻 Sunra 🙏🏻💛 ~ thanks