The Recent Case Of The Dead Librarian Poem by RIC BASTASA

they relayed the bad news
of the strict librarian.
each of the reader who uttered
a word of silence was severely
scolded, humiliated in front of
all the books and the bookworms.

today i am informed that she finally
succumbed to lung cancer, a disease
which consumed most of the cells of
librarians. The dust is the culprit.

All those years the library is tense.
Visitors have to step with all hushes.
The dog's tongue had been cut and
the termites are exterminated.

she was a different librarian. She
treasured books more than the readers.
A dog ear is a crime, and any page
which is torn is unforgivable.

Today she died. Many pretend to mourn.
I want to, at least, for a remembrance.
But i cannot, and i wouldn't. She once
slammed my brain with book as though
i was a door with no feelings at all.