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Private Library
Contributed by
Dom
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Saturday, 17th February 2007 @ 09:57:11 AM in AEST
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'Every one of us is losing something precious to us… But inside our heads – at least that’s where I imagine it – there’s a little room where we store those memories. A room like the stacks in this library. And to understand the workings of our heart we have to keep making new reference cards… In other words you’ll live forever in your own private library.' from Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Something of this library is familiar,
The organised disarray and open blinds
That let in streamers of the day.
All the mugs are on coasters
Keeping the dregs of cocoa and Earl Grey.
But mostly there are glasses
Waiting patiently for sustenance beside
Cool, clear pitchers of water.
Even the leather-bound books are familiar,
Although they have no authors.
Stacks of anthologies, quotations and ideas,
Only ideas,
For novels.
Boxes pile up in the corner
In various states of unpacking.
They are being re-filed, updated and cross-referenced
Constantly, near the vase of Arum lilies.
The aisle of journals is nothing
Considering the shiny cabinets waiting to be filled
That stretch on infinitely, far out of this room.
Back past the oldest cabinets a locked door
Glitters invitingly –
I have only grazed the tip of the iceberg.
No other hand has wiped dust from these books,
Has lifted these mugs,
Has opened these windows.
No other eyes have seen the pages
Of the book on the central table
Write themselves,
Word by word
Into a mirror.
Copyright ©
Dom
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2007-02-17 09:57:11]
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Re: Private Library
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by needledancing on
Saturday, 17th February 2007 @ 12:41:03 PM AEST
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My God that's good.
I've often wished someone would lock me in a library and let me read until my head exploded.
So of course a poem about my sanctuary is well recieved. Thank you |
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Re: Private Library
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by FRANCO on
Saturday, 17th February 2007 @ 09:05:52 PM AEST
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It is an extraordinary way to look into our brain; "library" eh...wonderful... friend you have used library science to explore human brain, great imaginary I must say.
Good work.
FRANCO. |
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