A Life-Story Through Libraries
She sits at her desk—
A thirty-year-old
Sharing her love for books
With a class full of students.
She taps the
Pen in her hand
Between her teeth,
Reminiscing.
Recording…
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Age: Five
Lusaka.
School.
The one hour she loves—
Library Hour!
In a darkish corner
Of the library,
She curls up—
Cat-like—
Lost in her own world,
Ignoring her classmates
Who clearly don’t care
To read.
A pony-tail, shorts and tee,
Knee-length socks and
A pair of pink shoes
Wander through a maze of books.
In the yellow light,
The stacks seem tall… intimidating,
Like giant tomes against her
Puny height.
A tiny, unsure hand
Picks a book.
She buries herself—
Like the bookworm-in-the-apple-artwork
Splashed across the library wall—
Into a beanbag on an Alphabet-mat,
Immersed in a world of
Very human animals.
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Age: Ten
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