Read the excerpt from "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long.” But she nonetheless brought the books Back and I held them to my chest Close to my heart And happily skipped back to grandmother’s house Where I would sit on the front porch In a gray glider and dream of a world Far away I love the world where I was I was safe and warm and grandmother gave me neck kisses When I was on my way to bed These lines in the poem best help demonstrate that the speaker