The Librarian

i

She may be wearing a sweater

and fending off homeless men

while somewhere a college girl

is guiding tourists through caves

and talking bat guano

and somewhere else far far away

a sad but happy little old man

who lost everything and everyone

to the great tsunami

is about to throw an orchid out to sea.

The sun is shining and I feel a bit old.

But mostly young.

ii

In the oceans fish are doing what fish do,

oblivious to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae et al.

I am in the quiet of my house.

I might listen to Rush Limbaugh. 

I might clean the leaves out of the pool.  Or not.

I will most certainly do my dishes, brush my teeth,

shower and put on the last of my sunscreen.