As I am

I was in a coffee shop the other day trying to wake up out of a funk that was occupying my body at the time when I saw a women reading a book. She held the book so tightly you would think it was her child she was holding onto. She was completely tranced by the book that I don't think a flasher could distract her. I knew how this woman was feeling at the time because I get the same way after listening to The Helio Sequence's "Keep Your Eye's Ahead" album. As I forgot that I was staring at her, she caught sight of my stare and questioned if something was on her. I told her no and that must be a good book to hold your attention that well. She said it was and asked me if I like to read. Unconfidently I said yes. I grabbed my coffee, bid the reader a good day and drove off. 

I took more thought into the question she had asked me, "Do I read?" The truthful answer should be no, cause I don't read books, I read comics and graphic novels, which some people would see that as "immature." What-the fuck-ever. About ten years ago, I fell in love with a character named Peter Parker, who is also known as Spiderman. I was completely mesmerized by this agitated character who was a bumbling high school student one minute and an take-no-prisoners hero the next. After delving into other comics such as Iron Man, The Flash and Captain America, I gave up reading books. I focused all my literature attentions to comics. I fell in love with characters such as Dan Dreiberg, Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark. I got ridiculed for my obsession with comics, but I never understood why. Even when I would talk to shoppers at the local used bookstore, they would smug with their pretentious attitudes, thinking to themselves how better they are then me cause they spend 5 bucks on used literature thats just gonna decorate their bedroom and collect dust. Society feels like they have to "dumb" their selves down in order to accept comics as thoughtful and insightful material. 

WHY?