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“The British Museum’s Enlightenment Room is a display dedicated to the age of Enlightenment. Separated into the various arts and sciences, there are books, fossils and statues on display, along with examples of earthenware and metalwork, which try to explain how pieces were viewed and collected at the time.”
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In Cleveland public libraries
On systems running legacies
I found a door, which they ignore
And told them of their fallacies
I asked some friends to take a look
To find their pin and any book
I found it out, through my account
Thank God that I am not a crook
When I told them they blew me off
They laughed at me with a mean scoff
They’re too busy, for a tizzy
As if it were a minor cough
But I can get their addresses
Just by simply taking guesses
A number here, a number there
With two easy fast successes
I told my story to the news
And now I feel a bit confused
The President, had stopped consent
Of doing this exact same ruse
But I guess no one is bothered
Since the systems seemed grandfathered
These things obscure, are not secure
So I write their systems slaughtered
nypl:
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, NYPL. Lion mascot and a LEGO lion, from artist Nathan Sawaya.
George, a lonely librarian, believes love is obsolete, until a road trip to Death Valley with a cinema projectionist named Sophie teaches him otherwise.
Obselidia (2010)
Full movie available on Hulu
