The silence inbetween
Between the shelves of early modernand mediaeval historyhe rests his head betweenhis knees and dreamspretending to be asleepbelow the tarmac of a parking lot. He sense the silenceafterwards,the king’s corpse […]
Category Archives: the aged librarian
Boxed books
Meandering, bemoaned eachminute detail, on how to cataloguehe dreamt in Dewey Decimal,each word, a part unique, to be tagged,but like blended hues turns greyhis certified collections diminished until I found […]
Doodles in dust
He talks with the shelves, as iftheir shadows would brighten to gold; he mumbles in meter,enchantments, entrapping, from ink, the ghosts from its tomes,scholars deceased, the poets of unwritten verse, […]
Blast the halls
The library can not provide a useful thoughtWe seek structures, process, target, goal.Maze be damned, your books are naughtbut dreams, let numbers rule & take control.So burn its books, and […]
The gift not taken
Beware, when entering, pebble your path,do not wander or rebel by mind-drifting intovolumes or tomes. Beware, do not listento the soft tongue of the tempter, the keeperof keys, the ancient […]
