“Is your bag packed? We have to move!”
“What about them?”
“Hide them! Hide them, now!”
“Where? Where in the world can we put them to keep them safe?”
“Anywhere. Anywhere! Just-just put them under the floorboards and strap them on the underside of our bed. They’re coming at any moment.”
Years later, after climate catastrophes, political uprisings, and world wars had passed, what explorers found in a small apartment in the abandoned, wasted city of Chicago were books. Piles and piles of banned titles hidden under the floorboards and strapped onto the belly of the bed.
