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Do Not Like Being Shushed
I do not like being shushed
But I did not used to mind it
When I was a child
Or a pre-teenager
Or a teenager
Or an eighteen-year-old who knew everything
In the library some think it is necessary.
Librarians do a lot of shushing.
I have been using libraries since 1957
So I kind of know what I’m talking about
I used to be shushed by old lady librarians.
That was fine. It was their job.
I held no grudges
Today’s librarians look to be
About twelve or thirteen
Many even younger
I hate to generalize
But it seems worse
to be shushed by librarians
younger than my pantyhose
Copyright ©
Caren Krutsinger
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