Old-Fashioned

My friend got a Nook and isn’t thrilled;
It was a birthday gift fulfilled.

She likes the fact that she can load
A bunch of books for on the road.
It’s portable and bright to read;
A reading lamp you do not need.

But if you want to look ahead,
You’ll wish you had a book instead.
Or if you need referring back,
You’ll rue the pages that you lack.

A book is tactile and its heft
Lets readers know how much is left.
You stick a bookmark in your place
And need no batteries or case.

Technology improves some things,
But I don’t covet all it brings.
To read a story, let me look
At words in an old-fashioned book.