WELCOME TO THE BOOKMOBILE

So, your first day on the job.
Enjoying yourself so far?

We see George every other Friday
at this Senior Center stop. You'll see him
feel his way through the door, up the steps.
Legally blind, he asks us to read
the summaries on the boxes -- CDs
of novels we have guessed he might enjoy.

He nods at most, sometimes shakes
his head apologetically, not wanting
to give offense at our poor choices.
He favors intrigue, suspense,
dark deeds done in secret.
His face, conversely, is light full,
blue eyes sightless but bright
as a boy's. His voice, a pleasant
baritone, interrupts itself
with chuckles in almost every
sentence. He knows the follies
of the human heart, especially
his own, and thinks them wonderfully droll.

He should be coming soon; it's almost ten
o'clock. Get ready to be blessed.