Libraries
of the Future
Once
the bookshelves were overhead high,
and
the scent of the glue
helped
the print catch your eyes.
Pupils
are no longer seeing.
Darkness
forms from failing ink.
The
reflection of words is stopped.
The
need to track symbols gone.
The
transmission of ideas replaced,
from
the printed page,
through
wires curving and inserted
into
the receptacles of the brain.
What
they want us to know, we know.
What
they want us to feel, we feel.
What
they wanted us to forget, we have forgotten.
Linda
Imbler
Linda
Imbler believes poetry has the potential to add to the beauty of the world. Her
self-published poetry collections include “Big Questions, Little
Sleep,” and “Lost and Found,” “The Sea’s Secret Song,” and
“Pairings,” a hybrid ebook of short fiction and poetry have been published
through Soma Publishing. Examples of Linda’s poetry and a listing of
publications can be found at lindaspoetryblog.blogspot.com.
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