Try this out: write a detailed description of your local library - include the people you see inside, the decor, technology, architecture, book selection, location, size, atmosphere, bulletin board, ect.
See if you don't end up with a surprisingly accurate summary of the town you live in.
please oh please dear Lord don't let books go the way of rotary phones!!!
ReplyDeleteah, the rotary phone - its curly cord stretching to the kitchen sink while multitasking. angry conversations that end with a mighty SLAM! and a muffled bell.
ReplyDeleteand the damn busy signal. listening in on 2-party lines."get off the phone!"
ReplyDeletecraig...what was that poem about the library?"
um, did I write a pome about dem libraries? lemme know..... BTW I have a good story about you I'll share- something I found written in my journal sometime in 1999
ReplyDeleteResearch
ReplyDeleteForget the books
she browses
I'd rather study
which her sweater houses.
CS
oh gersh yer embarrrasssing me
ReplyDeletemy ears go ring,ring,ring
ReplyDeletemy body goes zing,zing,zing.
whats so great
about this old age thing
One ringy-dingy
ReplyDeleteWho's got that thingy?