There exists a book65Please respect copyright.PENANActEYIF6WFD
that withholds to be opened twice.
Its pages are not made of paper65Please respect copyright.PENANAluEE8HLviV
but of hesitation cooled into form,65Please respect copyright.PENANAIZlXEkT5jV
and its binding is stitched65Please respect copyright.PENANAylzWV9RJSv
with something resembling quiet.
I have seen it only when the light goes astray —65Please respect copyright.PENANAjX5yKk2sVJ
when lamps grow theatrical65Please respect copyright.PENANAEX6sZf6r01
and corners become too honest.
Words appear, then reconsider themselves,65Please respect copyright.PENANAzSmkJINRxZ
leaving behind the imprint of meaning65Please respect copyright.PENANAN4ziSN39V7
without the inconvenience of certainty.
Ink here does not dry;65Please respect copyright.PENANAK34c508sFz
it dawdles like a well-mannered secret,65Please respect copyright.PENANAXkY7xIinNs
refusing to smudge,65Please respect copyright.PENANAuu7b0BnUzZ
declining to leave.
Sometimes the pages turn on their own,65Please respect copyright.PENANAW8nclCexFp
though no hands are present65Please respect copyright.PENANAnESFj0lJZT
to take credit.
And in the margins,65Please respect copyright.PENANAUbg6WqJl7g
where explanations might have lived,65Please respect copyright.PENANAnfxmG9cGw3
there are only delicate indentations 65Please respect copyright.PENANABnJAB5UNRd
of what thought might look like65Please respect copyright.PENANAIxPziWWGlp
if it learned to behave.
The book is never finished.65Please respect copyright.PENANAA440yYC4qS
It prefers suspense to conclusion,65Please respect copyright.PENANAwcXkVw12FZ
and silence to interpretation—65Please respect copyright.PENANAh6VYzdFRjK
a very respectable form of captivation.
How it survives65Please respect copyright.PENANAQpWpXZvkrA
without ever being read65Please respect copyright.PENANAzzqHE7zvCO
is not a mystery,65Please respect copyright.PENANAzsTGXYK2MJ
but a habit it resists to break.
It learns the shape of waiting65Please respect copyright.PENANAiuaYjUZFEK
so well65Please respect copyright.PENANAKFHhAFFs2s
that even time holds back; 65Please respect copyright.PENANAkKMMruyxCk
to disturb it.
And when someone finally dares65Please respect copyright.PENANAavDGSv064g
to name its contents,65Please respect copyright.PENANAWUdOGjL8DO
the letters step aside65Please respect copyright.PENANA6yrAVkuELA
politely65Please respect copyright.PENANAsiV4U3TgiM
as if they were never meant65Please respect copyright.PENANAPigynShrlX
to be seen at all.
So the book remains65Please respect copyright.PENANAoVJ2KOdkhs
what it always was:65Please respect copyright.PENANAI29WSYRUPJ
a place where meaning goes65Please respect copyright.PENANAsofA0NhszP
when it decides65Please respect copyright.PENANAqytFReTJhz
not to arrive.
It was in a paper mausoleum65Please respect copyright.PENANATLqq3bkFzx
Or in a ruin of notebooks?65Please respect copyright.PENANAMfc78bhgVt
Ash gray;65Please respect copyright.PENANAmoi0uuscGk
Buried in dust,65Please respect copyright.PENANALUSyh03iXS
All that was to fade65Please respect copyright.PENANAHqjbffhPDN
Or to remain dormant.
There was something tragic about its unused pages,65Please respect copyright.PENANAebjhxIe2jm
The dog eared corners, and candlewax stains.
65Please respect copyright.PENANA1VnGwOCWT3

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