Prompt: imagine a window looking into a place or onto a particular scene.
the window of the reading room
is really the whole wall
an architectural wonder
that brings the rays of sun
into that basement room
the window of the reading room
at the base of the grassy hill
offers the elevated passersby
a glimpse of only the shelves
at the edge of the basement room
the window of the reading room
to the observer who wanders close
shows tables covered with bags and notes
and sleeping students in sofa chairs
around that basement room
the window of the reading room
through sun or snow or storm
bears silent witness to the hope of youth
that the ticket to “better” is the education
to be acquired in that basement room