Oh hi there, friends. I didn’t see you. I have to admit that I’ve been a bit preoccupied these last few days. One seems to run into another, and I have to remind myself what I have on my to-do list for this week and the coming weeks.
The Bea seems preoccupied as well, with several ailments and a trip planned to the doctor to address those ailments. Yesterday, as I watched a piece of pollen die slowly in her poofy hair, I was reminded of how old the Bea is and that one day she will depart for The Ultimate Library — one that might have no Internet and where the books are plentiful. For sure, all the patrons know absolutely nothing in the Ultimate Library, giving the Bea the power and importance that only a seasoned, queen librarian like herself should have.
By the end of the day, the pollen was gone from the Bea’s haystack hair. And a fellow drone shared some news with me. The Bea is assembling a binder. For when she passes, friends. I have not seen the binder yet, and I don’t know if Bea will ever trust me to help assemble it. But it will be there, friends, and it will be the key to everything sacred. I was told it was white. Shhhhhhhh. Quiet now. A little part of me wants to put a picture of the Bea on the front. Wearing wings.
The Bea left just now for her appointment, and as she was leaving, helped a student operate an automatic stapler. In the end, the stapler won, and the Bea suggested another mode of paper attachment. “It’s tired,” she said, patting the stapler gently. The fax machine is tired. The printer is tired. Everyone here is tired.
km said
this made me laugh out loud. i am a bad person.