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A Librarian Poet's Revenge Fantasy When Confronted With a Vandal
June 11, 2009
Just today there's an article about vandals mangling rare books at the University of Kansas's library, so it was opportune to get a couple of library-themed poems from Robin Rose Yuran, co-director of the Norfolk Library, CT.
Yuran's first book was the self-published The Shelf Life of a Mouse and Other Tales; most of the content appeared in the library newsletter. Her new book, from which the poem below is taken, is Tales Told by an Idiot. Both are limited editions.
HOW DOTH THE GLIB LIBRARIAN
How doth the glib librarian
Strive mightily to please;
She crosseth both her little i’s
And dotteth all her T’s.
But grizzled adversarian
Doth rob her dewey glow;
He pillage page and cracketh spine
As through the stacks he go.
That snaggle-toothed barbarian
With atavistic chin,
He rippeth all the pictures out
And put his doodle in.
Beware the mousy Marion
Of spectacle and bun;
Her lexi-cunning vanquisheth
All he of lesser pun.
“Put down the books you carrion!”
Librarian Marion cried.
Adversarian barbarian
Reluctantly complied.
How doth the glib librarian
Ignore his plangent pleas;
She blacketh both his little eyes
And whacketh both his knees.
Posted by Norman Oder on June 11, 2009 | Comments (0)
