visiting the library today
looking at the joy of my friends face
as memories light their face like electricity going to a light bulb
but looking at it now
books in boxes
collecting dust
for god knows how long
sitting there untouched like lost dreams
—Peter, 8th grade, Chicago
Abandoned library
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