The dark library

My dear library custodians: You can be proud of owning a full reading hall, but do you know who occupies it? Who are they? From what wicked lineage? And what are they doing here? Are they working? What are they working on? For whose benefit? Do they have an employer or do they work on their own? Do I encourage them to come or did they come on their own? Did they come for personal motives? And in this case, what motives? Is a visit to the library enough to make someone a reader? How many readers are in this hall? Should we call them readers? How do we distinguish a reader when we see one? You will tell me: books are not the creation of readers. That is true, the credit does not go to us, nor to the library either. There were readers before the library opened, and they will certainly remain after it closes. People read before the publication of books, and they will continue reading even after the release of the last book. The question is not whether they will continue reading, but what they will read, and how? Will they read books? And how many of us will survive? And what is the fate of those who are rejected by readers? I want answers.