There exists a book67Please respect copyright.PENANAMvG22We6uJ
that withholds to be opened twice.
Its pages are not made of paper67Please respect copyright.PENANAZBdb7LUtvy
but of hesitation cooled into form,67Please respect copyright.PENANAzdKLtaFBPp
and its binding is stitched67Please respect copyright.PENANAaPwzE7A3BZ
with something resembling quiet.
I have seen it only when the light goes astray —67Please respect copyright.PENANA5wHjzQ6Udd
when lamps grow theatrical67Please respect copyright.PENANAMLRNT9qYZw
and corners become too honest.
Words appear, then reconsider themselves,67Please respect copyright.PENANARmpKNzWty5
leaving behind the imprint of meaning67Please respect copyright.PENANAx7Fa4Q21uL
without the inconvenience of certainty.
Ink here does not dry;67Please respect copyright.PENANAe3AYWl9pDq
it dawdles like a well-mannered secret,67Please respect copyright.PENANA996Yg6uqI1
refusing to smudge,67Please respect copyright.PENANAvIilEOVyKP
declining to leave.
Sometimes the pages turn on their own,67Please respect copyright.PENANAg55a97Tgs8
though no hands are present67Please respect copyright.PENANAq1mrhOCA0s
to take credit.
And in the margins,67Please respect copyright.PENANA3fntKHMhiQ
where explanations might have lived,67Please respect copyright.PENANAfFyedBgKoE
there are only delicate indentations 67Please respect copyright.PENANAuUzjZcT2b7
of what thought might look like67Please respect copyright.PENANAALX2IcDjhY
if it learned to behave.
The book is never finished.67Please respect copyright.PENANAADPtUET8nu
It prefers suspense to conclusion,67Please respect copyright.PENANAvkc8u5Qfkw
and silence to interpretation—67Please respect copyright.PENANAOFaP0enOe7
a very respectable form of captivation.
How it survives67Please respect copyright.PENANAXpEkwgMLxS
without ever being read67Please respect copyright.PENANAbrxYVDaRcO
is not a mystery,67Please respect copyright.PENANAUb50BvTIow
but a habit it resists to break.
It learns the shape of waiting67Please respect copyright.PENANAC0fAzkqmTh
so well67Please respect copyright.PENANAKJodDE74jb
that even time holds back; 67Please respect copyright.PENANAjgfn3juOVM
to disturb it.
And when someone finally dares67Please respect copyright.PENANAyILSjS19Dc
to name its contents,67Please respect copyright.PENANAhQqCbQT6PY
the letters step aside67Please respect copyright.PENANALFKClwSeYU
politely67Please respect copyright.PENANAsnuAX6x5rk
as if they were never meant67Please respect copyright.PENANAsLCOO5eKHd
to be seen at all.
So the book remains67Please respect copyright.PENANA5QIjc1EZYf
what it always was:67Please respect copyright.PENANAwKqHcKRrUo
a place where meaning goes67Please respect copyright.PENANAkqVg0eIIOK
when it decides67Please respect copyright.PENANAAoEPZrg2l2
not to arrive.
It was in a paper mausoleum67Please respect copyright.PENANAJyTkjHHLOZ
Or in a ruin of notebooks?67Please respect copyright.PENANAavuvROcdXb
Ash gray;67Please respect copyright.PENANAO00S8DNnNq
Buried in dust,67Please respect copyright.PENANAOnRRZ3WdO7
All that was to fade67Please respect copyright.PENANAfC4n7UViWY
Or to remain dormant.
There was something tragic about its unused pages,67Please respect copyright.PENANAIXrqVnOVbV
The dog eared corners, and candlewax stains.
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