There exists a book51Please respect copyright.PENANAALVAVbMurE
that withholds to be opened twice.
Its pages are not made of paper51Please respect copyright.PENANAYpeRTZiK9j
but of hesitation cooled into form,51Please respect copyright.PENANA7zH6IiXtSG
and its binding is stitched51Please respect copyright.PENANAPM9ZM1Zm8A
with something resembling quiet.
I have seen it only when the light goes astray —51Please respect copyright.PENANAHJRWkt5tPC
when lamps grow theatrical51Please respect copyright.PENANAGcEVOQSr4N
and corners become too honest.
Words appear, then reconsider themselves,51Please respect copyright.PENANA9loXpWL5a9
leaving behind the imprint of meaning51Please respect copyright.PENANArbovotme5e
without the inconvenience of certainty.
Ink here does not dry;51Please respect copyright.PENANABhDUJ7ygUM
it dawdles like a well-mannered secret,51Please respect copyright.PENANAKU6UnS69Gr
refusing to smudge,51Please respect copyright.PENANAkXLogTnQB7
declining to leave.
Sometimes the pages turn on their own,51Please respect copyright.PENANAUuKMMrzD5u
though no hands are present51Please respect copyright.PENANA9mQSlzp9T4
to take credit.
And in the margins,51Please respect copyright.PENANAGJxfCv3JGG
where explanations might have lived,51Please respect copyright.PENANA3uuBnfpfGV
there are only delicate indentations 51Please respect copyright.PENANAIqimywp0cw
of what thought might look like51Please respect copyright.PENANAmTuyCbpUsK
if it learned to behave.
The book is never finished.51Please respect copyright.PENANAFpe4fmFPVy
It prefers suspense to conclusion,51Please respect copyright.PENANAJma3E7qn4K
and silence to interpretation—51Please respect copyright.PENANAeLFb82hxV5
a very respectable form of captivation.
How it survives51Please respect copyright.PENANAyLZtHNUPj2
without ever being read51Please respect copyright.PENANA3ii0JpdTxY
is not a mystery,51Please respect copyright.PENANAQMGMjMyKi0
but a habit it resists to break.
It learns the shape of waiting51Please respect copyright.PENANAeD9LRRUr4E
so well51Please respect copyright.PENANAHgsYM63XKV
that even time holds back; 51Please respect copyright.PENANAvtoz6FoCdD
to disturb it.
And when someone finally dares51Please respect copyright.PENANAnXWQZf3gJn
to name its contents,51Please respect copyright.PENANA842tHWaS9n
the letters step aside51Please respect copyright.PENANA4CG7WiwQrE
politely51Please respect copyright.PENANAz7laYqZznY
as if they were never meant51Please respect copyright.PENANAI0QrqT84Fp
to be seen at all.
So the book remains51Please respect copyright.PENANAun35DhwXxL
what it always was:51Please respect copyright.PENANAffqYyF9XKA
a place where meaning goes51Please respect copyright.PENANAR60CvPtevm
when it decides51Please respect copyright.PENANAnASEFvUzjv
not to arrive.
It was in a paper mausoleum51Please respect copyright.PENANAg7ztGFIMbw
Or in a ruin of notebooks?51Please respect copyright.PENANAOyVfnYJlyk
Ash gray;51Please respect copyright.PENANAX3ZjwcG65h
Buried in dust,51Please respect copyright.PENANAk0VRZyvxPr
All that was to fade51Please respect copyright.PENANAxxmfEatsrX
Or to remain dormant.
There was something tragic about its unused pages,51Please respect copyright.PENANAHv8nJ534bE
The dog eared corners, and candlewax stains.
51Please respect copyright.PENANAVW3F9rFVGn

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