Dewey’s
Demise
By Sarah Taylor
Peering down the cobbled puzzle cradled in my palm,
my treasure greets me from a Cheshire shelf just out of reach
while tippy toes and taut digits tease it out, I grin right back.
Buried beneath volumes of hypotheses, I hover as
stones slip away, swirling among a sea of zeroes and ones
seductively staring from a silent screen that sirens: SEARCH.
Sarah Taylor claims Mexican, Swedish and German heritage but speaks English and Portuguese, and is learning Russian and Japanese. She can be found in the Occult/Spirituality section of used bookstores or in an airport lounge. While typing out this bio, she’s added “renew passport” to her to-do list.