The Boston Athenaeum
“Closing time at the Athenaeum,
but this visitor bat
(who knows how he got in)
seems intent on staying the night;
our waving arms, a rolled Times,
the janitor’s broom haven’t phased him a bit.’’
— From “American Sublime’’, by Mark Doty (born 1953)
The St. Johnsbury (Vt.) Athenaeum
— Photo by Gopats92
