Daydreaming

 

The friendly ladies in our local library had fixed my expired

cards electronically, I can borrow books again although the

security guard advises me on eyeing these seemingly illegal

cards with a suspicious mien to have the dates changed but

in delight I hold my favourite books, marching down the street

visualising my own pantheon of gods amused  as I try solve

my own family predicaments by reading books and quoting

freely, I hear Elwood Chapman complaining to them “She

quotes me without using inverted commas!” Mark Bryan

steaming “She does not give context and situation” while

Daddy-Long-Legs just smiles indulgently and says “One day

she might do better but for now this is good enough” and

Professor Higgins says “As long as she has the grammar,

syntax and pronunciation right, I don’t care about the rest,

just like the French, she can do anything as long as it is

elegantly expressed” and Mary Poppins admonishing them

“Now, now, do not indulge this human being in her mischief,

she must learn to apologise” while Lois Lowry smiles wide

“Ah, I see she is reading Anastasia Again” and all the time

Terry Pratchett looks smug as he sees a new copy of “The

Light Fantastic” lying on my desk….