Librarian
I like how librarians don’t feel obligated
To say goodbye to you when you leave
They really don't care if you come back
They aren’t graded on customer satisfaction
Or quarterly profit margins
I like how they seem surprised
If you say anything to them on the way out
Like, why are you talking to me?
Usually they’re just sitting there reading
Or checking something on the computer screen.
They’re only being themselves
Putting in their hours
Before it’s time to go home.
They have nothing to sell
Everything here is free
Take as you please.
My heaven is all library staffed
By a beautiful librarian who, when I leave,
Sort of half smiles and arches her eyes and
When I do a double take and look back
I realize it doesn't have anything to do with me—
She’s just lost in her book
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