It's the story,
not the quality
of this image
that matters
She was the reference librarian
at the Bay Shore branch
of the LBPL
and I was a boy named PAUL
who had just moved to Long Beach
after living in Virginia
for two years
Not only did she buy
the original edition
of this photograph,
she gave me exhibit space
for what I ridiculously believed
were high quality pictures
I had taken of Massapequa, Mississippi,
and the Massanutten Mountain
I thought the 4M's would be
my good luck charm
The year was 2006 when delusion
was my constant companion
There was no truth to the rumor
that she lost her job because my exhibit
was a raging failure:
With her husband,
she retired and moved to Hawaii
That was something
they had been planning to do
Long Before she met Paul
and I am eternally grateful
to Natalie ______
and all the competent staff members
of the Long Beach Public Library
who knew her and loved her.
Natalie's parting words to me
were I am looking forward
to displaying this photograph
in our Honolulu library
My husband loves its' irony
Good thing she didn't see
the re-shoot of that image
taken fifteen years after
the original
But I am certain that
Natalie and Harold _____
would appreciate
the half-dozen photographs
taken that same day
and deemed worthy of posting
as the most recent Photoverio images
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