One Poem from Sara Blanton

how to become a librarian


The idea is to have
a simple existence.

Sit, stamp, and slide
the books across the
lacquered desk.

Wear thick glasses
with black frames.
The kind that make a girl
invisible.

It's like lather, rinse, repeat.
Sit, stamp, slide.
If you can master these three steps,
you'll be on your way.

You will need one cat
for your one bedroom apartment.
Lean Cuisine meals and lots of tea.
Librarians do not drink coffee.

At least, you can be surrounded
by endless aisles and carts
filled with novels,
magazines and thick reference books.

Work on your crocheting skills.
Work on your half grin.
A librarian can never show her teeth.


Sara Blanton is the editor of the online poetry journal Thick With Conviction and an occasional poet. She was born in New York and has lived in NYC among the artsy types before ending up in PA. She has been published in Drown In My Own Fears and Eight Octaves Magazine. Sara loves her wine, dark haired, brooding male singers and good poetry.




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