I believe in Libraries.
Knowing that they will soon be extinct
Does not diminish the safety and peace
That settles over me when I pass through their doors.
All those books, tapes, disks
Available to anyone with a card.
Mine is a remnant,
Sixty plus years of Library visits.
Compared to regular church attendance,
I have the advantage of choosing
From love, hate, diet, exercise, wisdom or comics.
What an incredible idea! Free public Libraries.
In Mora Minnesota the Library devotes its basement
To the needs of folks in search of work.
Computers, literature, contact numbers and workshops.
Its just a resource that will disappear when the Library closes.
We all define CIVILIZATION in a manner
That exposes the best and worst of us.
Without Libraries we will still have civilization,
It just will be a little less civilized.
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