Yellow Tape

Posted on January 6, 2021 by perfectsublimemasters

The library does not allow
Books to be taken by themselves.
Instead, yellow tape saying
CAUTION
Wraps around the shelves,
As if to say,
“In the new normal,
You learn at your own risk.”

Z. W. Cheek is a writer from Omaha, Nebraska.

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