Applicant One

Class Warfare, Libraries, and Cutlery

by Bryan Edenfield

An old picture of a very old library card.

Laura lost my application so I need to make dinner. I’ve been told I conflate things that don’t belong together.

Let me tell you an inside joke: I talk for a long time before reaching punchlines. On route to the library I pass an abandoned church. The road is busy. I step over a puddle. My eyes still hurt from reading books in bad…