This is my first memory:
A big room with heavy wooden tables that sat on a creaky
wood floor
A line of green shades-bankers' lights-down the center
Heavy oak chairs that were too low or maybe I was simply
too short
For me to sit in and read
So my first book was always big
In the foyer up four steps a semi-circle desk presided
To the left side the card catalogue
On the right newspapers draped over what looked like
a quilt rack
Magazines face out from the wall
The welcoming smile of my librarian
The anticipation in my heart
All those books-another world-just waiting
At my fingertips.