a city might not be too bad but it doesn't know my name

while the new ever smiling round library clerk knows my name
and pulls out my reserves the moment I walk in the door,
I learned today that she does not know what wi-fi means
it led to an awkward moment where I had to explain
something about her job and how to help me
but, there were two enormous vases of
the most beautiful peony blooms on the counter
and it didn't matter that I stood for a long time
with my face buried in them breathing deeply and
softly moaning with pleasure