All My Books Would Be Overdue To Get Punished By Her

How in the world did the sexy librarian ever become a sexy character? In my life I've been to a lot of libraries, because you know I love to read, but I've never seen one truly sexy librarian. I mean, maybe in their day they were sexy, but usually they are too old, past their prime, or just too snotty to be considered sexy, right? But somehow our imaginations created a character to keep us tantalized and dreamin'...amazin' what our minds can do... 

sexy librarian

   when at most the others looked away 

you were the only one left wrapped in 

tweed fingers you read books and shook 

hands with the corners of very 

tall still rooms. 

when at least the others stopped to stare

 you were a vinyl voice who drifted around

 the room creating your own naratives

 and desires.

  hardbound covered soft themed skin

  so delicately complex.

before i was younger seeking to lift up your 

skirt maybe even  take in a little of the 

warm accent of your thigh, that soft slow

 curve of your inner leg.  

 i remember sitting quietly staring at your crossed

 legs wondering when your glasses would drop 

ever so slightly.  

 but of course your were fictionalized,marginalized, 

transposed across the room between the shelves.

 flip to the back page as you walk by and 

 the summary goes something like this.

my librarian lady sits across the way 

 in between hushed lips day by day.

 self literate angel with a finger in her cardex,

 holy in her house with a text full of sex.

 

~ nathan martin