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Ode to the Library MAG

January 26, 2014
By past-insanity BRONZE, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
past-insanity BRONZE, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.” -Lemony Snicket


Ode to the library,
underrated, overlooked and misused
by those who don't know your full power.

Some say you smell old and musty,
I say the smell is of knowledge and adventure.

The shelves struggle to keep their bounties from readers,
unwilling to share information, fantasies
and knowledge.
Books sadly lean at angles when a member has been removed.
Sad and miserable are those with pages
destroyed.

Spines creak and bindings crack as ancient tomes are opened,
new books make a whisper of sound punctu-ated by a crinkle of a protective sheath,
eager to share what they contain from
cover to cover.

Signs whisper things like “Fiction to the left,” or “Biographies two shelves back.”

Huge, soft chairs are placed strategically throughout the room,
ones so comfy a reader may sink into and,
promptly forget the day's troubles
and events.

Newer arrivals are held in high favor
over ancient volumes.

Upon leaving she stood in the doorway,
one foot outside, and hand inside and body in between.
She turned and thought, Don't worry,
I'll be back for the rest of you someday.

That promise is kept by the flash of a library card as it is slid into a wallet.



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on May. 29 2014 at 5:41 pm
past-insanity BRONZE, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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Favorite Quote:
“If writers wrote as carelessly as some people talk, then adhasdh asdglaseuyt[bn[ pasdlgkhasdfasdf.” -Lemony Snicket

Thank you!! :D

on Feb. 2 2014 at 2:57 pm
KristenNoel ELITE, Mooresville, North Carolina
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I really loved it! (And I'm not much of a reader) :) Keep up the great work. Your writing just flows majestically!