Ready to Be Read

stop sizing me up, giving me that funny look
crooking your neck at me like
i’m the spine of some dusty book
open me up already
i’m jumping off the page at you
take me in nice and steady
i’m hoping i open you up too
 
can you read me, can you read me
can you read the signs?
can you read me, can you read me
read between the lines?
listen what i say, listen what i say, listen what i said
i’m ready, i’m ready to be read
 
if you pick me up babe, you’re afraid
you won’t put me down, down, down, down
articulated diction, this ain’t nonfiction friction
it’s just the way we are bound
open me up already
i’m jumping off the page at you
take me in nice and steady
i’m hoping i open you up too