D'oh! That's what you get...

when you surf the net instead of going back to work right away. So now I have to pass on this book meme courtesy of Bill.

So here's how it goes:

The Rules:

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with these instructions.

Don’t you dare dig for that “cool” or “intellectual” book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest, then tag three people.

The Result:

Our linguist says their moaning is a prayer for death, ours and their own.
Some try to starve themselves.
Lost three this morning leaped with crazy laughter to the waiting sharks, sang as they went under.

Courtesy of the poem, Middle Passage, all about slave ships and the slave trade, by Robert Hayden.
Honest to goodness, it was the nearest book, but then again, I am at the office and I only noticed the In Style Magazine nearby two seconds after I finished typing. Oh, wait, that doesn't count as a book, does it? Anyway, on you go! I hope yours is lighter than mine.

Okay, Brigitte, Lianne and Kay, I tag you!