When I went to check it out, a clerk asked another why it was in such poor condition. He typed some keys and said, "Oh! It's the last in the system." And New York just got a little smaller.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Hide and Gogol
Last week I was late for a get-together with friends but trekked out of my way to scrounge a copy of Gogol's Collected Tales from the library on 58th Street. Though the catalog said it was on the shelf, it wasn't. I asked a clerk for help, and we looked for around 30 minutes till he pulled out a beaten copy from behind a row of books. I said, "Holy shit!" How it feels finding lost things!
When I went to check it out, a clerk asked another why it was in such poor condition. He typed some keys and said, "Oh! It's the last in the system." And New York just got a little smaller.
When I went to check it out, a clerk asked another why it was in such poor condition. He typed some keys and said, "Oh! It's the last in the system." And New York just got a little smaller.
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love your writings.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Mol. I look forward to your posting -- even perfunctory mommy tales -- when the mood strikes.
ReplyDeletehaha...I love the title of this post!
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