Libraries used to be quiet places
where people read books.
Books are not quiet, though.
They speak directly to our
brains and souls.
Now, people talk in libraries,
huddled around a row of computers.
Or they talk on their cell phones,
oblivious to that very personal
tête-à-tête between a book and its reader.
Someday the books may leave to
be recycled into paper towels
and newspapers. The talking will
also leave as the sound waves
dissipate into the ether.
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Librarians may weep and pine
when people rush unaware into this
sacred place seemingly unable
to recognize the value of gifts offered.
Yet librarians still smile and sing
when a real reader enters
with pure intent and intention.
Libraries can still be quiet places
when the reader holds a book and knows
how to shut out modernity
to go inside where the real "talking" begins.
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