Library Cart Overflowing with Novels Under String Lights

Amber string lights hang above a wooden seminar table in Kadoma, casting warm pools of illumination on stacks of cracked-spine novels spilling from a metal return cart. The monsoon season leaves faint moisture on the window frames visible in the background, while dust motes drift in the shafts of light cutting through the dim room. Papers and handwritten notes cover the table surface beside the overflowing cart, their ink slightly blurred by the low ambient glow. The cart sits at the edge of the frame, its metal legs casting long, soft shadows across the floor. Layers of empty chairs recede into the darkness behind, showing institutional quiet. at the edge is a single book with a torn cover resting against the cart's rim.