There exists a book28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtb1sf1IOBx
that withholds to be opened twice.
Its pages are not made of paper28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4tchaegIwr
but of hesitation cooled into form,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHlTS2FuTI
and its binding is stitched28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrUMe5mUBzM
with something resembling quiet.
I have seen it only when the light goes astray —28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwUhvQMPmJ
when lamps grow theatrical28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoVouWMOKx
and corners become too honest.
Words appear, then reconsider themselves,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkyrGNr9SJ
leaving behind the imprint of meaning28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ860Nv8ZTbu
without the inconvenience of certainty.
Ink here does not dry;28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMGCTFLBRB
it dawdles like a well-mannered secret,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FMrPfHS8l
refusing to smudge,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxtJkuoqxq0
declining to leave.
Sometimes the pages turn on their own,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXVPyBO57j
though no hands are present28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7Vpb8c1I1
to take credit.
And in the margins,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfyxYxTBmN
where explanations might have lived,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiy752aYj5b
there are only delicate indentations 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcgh6iCfdx
of what thought might look like28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiJrxoRvAx
if it learned to behave.
The book is never finished.28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4S33NVL2I
It prefers suspense to conclusion,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkmeG62cBDf
and silence to interpretation—28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡygs9fINx03
a very respectable form of captivation.
How it survives28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqYSd5HuVeH
without ever being read28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIVFbIpzg6
is not a mystery,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivjPhXq0DF
but a habit it resists to break.
It learns the shape of waiting28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrpzGXTBN0
so well28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztzxFFr5wm
that even time holds back; 28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZStEfryxk
to disturb it.
And when someone finally dares28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTehz6RIdfN
to name its contents,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6MJOlwj6WK
the letters step aside28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmANVgFpsY
politely28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHscf5QqTua
as if they were never meant28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEa1z1EhdJ
to be seen at all.
So the book remains28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AojiAbjwv
what it always was:28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lT7THI84y
a place where meaning goes28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKiNNW7Xd2
when it decides28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJwNq4bcg6
not to arrive.
It was in a paper mausoleum28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1N4jAKup5
Or in a ruin of notebooks?28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4L2IJa4iSq
Ash gray;28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡArhcCwdV7w
Buried in dust,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnz8B2VswJ
All that was to fade28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi7evYPEpiR
Or to remain dormant.
There was something tragic about its unused pages,28Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2Gb9rwyW7
The dog eared corners, and candlewax stains.
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and then Add to home screen.