A Good Book

What makes a good book?
Certainly the classics
have earned the label
but I can lay most aside
with ease.

What makes a good book?
The best seller lists?
The Pulitzer Prize?
A five-star review?
Well, okay. Maybe.

What makes a good book?
Is it my buying more and more,
getting each title in the series,
enmeshing myself in them?
But what if society labels them trash?

If I'm ashamed for others to see
the list of audio books I have,
the ones I listen to through the night,
can they really be good books?
Well, never mind. I won't answer
what makes a good book.

Can guilt be wrapped in a good book?