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The Library

July 10, 2013
By TheSurgeon SILVER, Auburn, Alabama
TheSurgeon SILVER, Auburn, Alabama
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.&quot;<br /> -Lemony Snicket


It’s a maze

A librarian’s desk sits idly in the corner
Pushing her wire rimmed glasses further up her nose,
She answers questions with an air of confidence
But the building is dead silent

Two people sit together
Worlds away,
Unaware that the other shares the sinful attraction
One sniffs, flips the page

“Gimmie that!”
A girl in the Youth Services stretches out her arm
The boy sitting adjacent snickers
The girl gives up and sits back, tossing her blonde hair

The college student is huddled in a far off corner,
Her nose is buried in a massive reference book
Though finals waited, the words blurred
She drifted off

The lady wonders
When the old man will leave the computer
She needs to use it to look for a job
But she doesn’t know that he needs one too

A cart with a squeaky wheel gets a boys attention
He smiles at the pretty assistant
And resumes his assigned reading
He’s failing class quite badly

Yes
It’s quite the maze



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on Jul. 25 2013 at 7:47 pm
PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;I don&#039;t know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.&quot;

I can relate ^u^

on Jul. 19 2013 at 11:19 am
TheSurgeon SILVER, Auburn, Alabama
6 articles 0 photos 3 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;Reading is one form of escape. Running for your life is another.&quot;<br /> -Lemony Snicket

Thanks! I love the atmosphere of libraries so I wrote this.

on Jul. 17 2013 at 3:34 pm
PirateCountry DIAMOND, Muncie, Indiana
91 articles 18 photos 330 comments

Favorite Quote:
&quot;I don&#039;t know half of you half as well as I should like and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.&quot;

First of all, I LOVE libraries and books and reading. Second, you've managed to capture every detail of its quiet atmosphere using just a few simple words. Good job! I really liked it!