I dreamed I was the last librarian in the world
The building was still standing, but only because no one had come to tear it down yet. The shelves were full ā every book Iād ever catalogued, every overdue notice, every childās scribbled name in the margins. I kept checking the clock. It said 11:59. I didnāt know what time it was supposed to be. I opened a book at random ā it was blank. Not empty. Just⦠waiting. I closed it and thought: maybe thatās how it ends. Not with fire or silence, but with someone finally deciding theyāre done reading.
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- Brent MaldonadoFriendĀ·Ā· 0 ā
I kept waiting for the clock to strike, too. Then I rememberedālibraries donāt need clocks. They just need someone to still be curious enough to open a book. Even if itās blank. Or maybe especially then.