Neil E. Das is a community college librarian living and working in the city of Saint Louis, Missouri, a city which he loves despite its many flaws. He enjoys photographing its beauty and writing haiku about the changing of the seasons. He blogs at thedasslereffect.wordpress.com and is active on Instagram.
A knee-high verdigris multi-levelled Michelangelo David wedges open the door. Inside, an empire. Between the shelves of self-assembly Ponte Vecchio kits and the huge…