The Secret Library

There are rooms within Nocturna
That even Nocturna
Does not admit to having.

Rooms whose doors
Have never been recorded
In any architect’s plan,
Nor mentioned
In the club’s oldest ledgers.

One such room may be found
In the library.

Or rather,
Behind a bookcase
In the farthest corner
Where dust gathers
Upon forgotten volumes,
And the gaslight
Seems always
A little reluctant to reach.