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Give and take is the way of the library
Now a breath held, a moment frozen,
And I remain with this: mosquitos,
Bulgaria, the poems of Jane Kenyon.
An awkward freeze-frame, mid-conversation,
Not the self-portrait I'd have chosen.
But here we are together, mosquitos.
It's you and me now, Jane.
We're gonna do this together, Bulgaria.
Last week I could dip into fancy,
Ponder another in a series,
Reject what didn't suit, on a whim;
Now you share my distance, Bulgaria,
Jane--even you, mosquitos.
I clutch your binding close and wonder
What I'll have learned by your pages' end.

Date: 2020-03-19 01:13 am (UTC)
aamcnamara: (Default)
From: [personal profile] aamcnamara
yeah

Date: 2020-03-19 01:27 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] elisem
*nod*

Date: 2020-03-19 02:16 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] gwynnega
A wonderful poem about this unwonderful situation.

Date: 2020-03-19 08:02 am (UTC)
rezendi: (Default)
From: [personal profile] rezendi
That's both lovely and funny.

Date: 2020-03-19 03:27 pm (UTC)
tarasacon: A single dandelion against a background of blurred bright green grass. (Default)
From: [personal profile] tarasacon
Nice.

I ended up with assorted kids books and speculative fiction still at home, with 3 new requests that had just been transferred to my branch awaiting pickup.

What’s the book on mosquitoes?

Date: 2020-03-19 03:56 pm (UTC)
tarasacon: A single dandelion against a background of blurred bright green grass. (Default)
From: [personal profile] tarasacon
Thank you! My library has it I might add it to my tbr pile when I’ve whittled the pile down a bit more.
Edited Date: 2020-03-19 03:56 pm (UTC)

Date: 2020-03-19 06:36 pm (UTC)
tarasacon: A single dandelion against a background of blurred bright green grass. (Default)
From: [personal profile] tarasacon
Then I await your review! :)

While my library still has ebooks available during their shutdown, I’m hoping the limits help me get around to reading some books I own that I haven’t yet read even though I Keep Meaning To Do So.

I also just realized that one of my “don’t return until we open again” books is a cookbook. I now have more time to try some of the recipes rather than trying to decide whether or not to make copies of some of them. Incentive!

Date: 2020-04-14 05:30 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] jesse_the_k
Hooray! You've captured something that I think people will remember in 50 years!

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