The Dog-eared Pages

I sat in the store all brand new,
my pages freshly bound through.

I watch a merchant step indoors,
little did I know he was the devil,
wearing the merchant's robes!

The journey he promised was hard to resist,
excited I followed,
to add new stories to my list.

Though all my fairy tales went askew,
as he lead me to a place where horror stories brew!

All my covers were ripped to shards,
while I felt my pages being torn apart
With every page that was turned and felt,
I saw the gates of the iron cage weld.

I hear the devil chortle as my heart sank,
watching my tears wash my pages blank.
He said-
"Don't you worry you won't idle on my shelf,
for you are that magic spell book that will make my pockets swell!"

The devil made his money renting second hand books,
and now,
I was his new customer hook.

Passed from hand to hand for a quick read,
satisfying every man's evil greed,
I lay on a pile of dust,
waiting to satisfy my next customer's lust!