Library
After Stacks
When the list is done, lights out.
Columbia's library after official close. A married night librarian keeps the cage door on a rubber wedge. “Just one more call number…” Take the exit stair and the night is only overdue books.
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About this work
Tuesday, after Butler Library closes. Margaret is a married night librarian. The hand with the ring wedges the compact-stacks cage on a rubber stop. Her husband is at a faculty gathering downtown.
One more call number. Take the exit stair and the night is overdue books. Follow her past the cage, and the stacks stop being a library.
Characters
- MargaretNight librarian · married woman
- MeNarrator · graduate student
- HusbandDowntown · mentioned
