{"id":2325,"date":"2016-12-06T13:28:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T21:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2325"},"modified":"2016-12-06T13:28:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-06T21:28:11","slug":"the-library-of-babel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wordsmithwisdom.com\/?p=2325","title":{"rendered":"The Library Of Babel"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The Library Of Babel<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I am trapped with no way out.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know what it\u2019s all about.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

A Library Of Babel with endless rooms.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

No way out with no ending soon.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Each door leads to another.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Endless rooms, each open to plunder.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Each room is a different time and age.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

A different place to try to engage.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Every language from every time.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Ancient past to future unwinds.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Every story thats written, or will be.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Sitting there for anyone to see.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

All bringing babble & more confusion.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Is all this real, or just an illusion?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Nothing to explain what\u2019s going on.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Hallucination or nightmare, it\u2019s all wrong.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Rooms with records of every man\u2019s life.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Be it short or long, with all the strife.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Is this God\u2019s record hall or am I nuts?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

This is no place for the likes of us.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

There has got to be a way out of here.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Maybe I just had one too many beers?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t know if I am coming or going.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It is hell not really knowing.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I could stay here or move on to another.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Whatever room I\u2019m in, I could smother.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It is too much, too big of a load.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I can\u2019t handle the overload!!<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t even know how I got here?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Was I asleep or was it too many beers?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I keep thinking I will wake up.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Yet, here I am. Stuck in this rut.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Then, I have a brilliant idea to try.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cI will find the book of my life,\u201d I cry.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It should tell me how this ends.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Will I be rescued by my friends?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

After an eternity of searching,<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I find my book where it was lurking<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I flip to the final pages.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

It says: Still in the works for the ages.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Looks like I will have to make my own ending.<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

I wonder if this is even trending?<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

—————————–R. W. Johnson—–(2016)<\/span><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

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