HOW'D YOU GUESS THAT??

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New Prompt: A stranger walks up to you in a bookstore and hands you a book, then walks away without another word.

HOW'D YOU GUESS THAT??

You have never even seen me--
don't even know my name!
Am I really that transparent--
you've figured out my game!!
I'm standing in this used bookstore--
the coolest I've seen!!
When, suddenly you just show up--
hand me book of my dreams!
I've been searching for this old book---
been out-of-print for years!
But you show up and produce it--
you've driven me to tears!!
How'd you guess that I've been searching
for this book, so obscure??
Now that I have it, gratefully.
my world's at last secure!
I read it early, as a kid
but it was out of print;
I've looked for it, but never did
capture even a hint
that I would find it, safe again!
I will read it, happy;
but I must now decide just when
a reading kid I'll be!!