In the quiet wing, shelves hold mismatched gloves, vanished pens, orphaned socks. Each item sits in a book jacket. If you check out your missing object, you must return something else you are not ready to lose. A man trades a photograph to reclaim a key. A child swaps a secret for a marble. The librarian never stamps due dates; loss circulates on its own schedule. The overdue fines are measured in regrets whispered at closing time.
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