The Little Cloud | Caitlin Vance

Caitlin Vance is a poet and fiction writer from Washington state. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Tin House, The Southern Review, ZYZZYVA, New Ohio Review, Washington Square Review, The Literary Review, and other magazines. She received an MFA from Syracuse University, and is currently a PhD student at the University of Louisiana in Lafayette.      The Memory Librarians, Part 2We should mention as time goes on Some books will disappear foreverWhile others stay but hide under floorboards Those that hide under floorboards are known to catch fire Without warningProbably when you have no water nearbySo be careful little cloudEven those books that stay on the shelves will change From happy to sadFrom sad to emptyEmpty to totally aflame