On the Road
beautiful Penguin edition
photo of Jack, and Neal
looking out over the library...
(learning commons)
up high yes
just like a fire watch tower
on Desolation Peak
below
students sit
staring into chromebooks
and the occasional Manga
the Kerouac paperback
sits unstamped since 2007
yellowing under
fluorescent lights
So sad, everyone plugged into screens, such a different experience from turning the pages of a book. I love this, Ollie......especially "just like a fire tower on Desolation Peak." Here we have Desolation Sound, a scattering of small islands, where the orcas live.
ReplyDeleteI still remember getting library books stamped. Now we can go online, check out and read the e-book versions from the library. I confess I have yet to read my copy of On the Road which my daughter got me because she knows I love Beat poetry!
ReplyDeleteI agree with Sherry. Screens have almost replaced that love for a physical book. With the mention of Kerouac's On the Road you've brought home to us a magical time. But "yellowing under /
ReplyDeletefluorescent lights" is definitely sad.
I understand, Ollie. So sad that people don't enjoy books as they used to. Once screens entered people's lives, so much changed! I always enjoyed looking at the stamps in library books. Not quite the same nowadays when there are digital checkouts!
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