A Quiet Sadness

The Brick Layer's first memory of his little Librarian was when she hushed him with "no talking! People are trying to read!"

As the years stacked upon one another they traded every kind of laugh- from giggles to raucous ha-ha'sas they recalled how she had to keep shushing him that day; how he couldn't help himself because she made him nervous. Now it is 57 years later and the Old Brick Layer has no words. No words at all...