There exists a book56Please respect copyright.PENANA6aqF8xqZL9
that withholds to be opened twice.
Its pages are not made of paper56Please respect copyright.PENANAI5U7CgVl58
but of hesitation cooled into form,56Please respect copyright.PENANAKJSFYx5rET
and its binding is stitched56Please respect copyright.PENANAI3VfTJtS8X
with something resembling quiet.
I have seen it only when the light goes astray —56Please respect copyright.PENANAE2LRlpaJl2
when lamps grow theatrical56Please respect copyright.PENANAHTcHy09Mzj
and corners become too honest.
Words appear, then reconsider themselves,56Please respect copyright.PENANAwqDp8HKdp4
leaving behind the imprint of meaning56Please respect copyright.PENANArfe6ftFbR0
without the inconvenience of certainty.
Ink here does not dry;56Please respect copyright.PENANAquUGq4hYAA
it dawdles like a well-mannered secret,56Please respect copyright.PENANACOSspwuH9O
refusing to smudge,56Please respect copyright.PENANAeALnWNZlYW
declining to leave.
Sometimes the pages turn on their own,56Please respect copyright.PENANAMkuEmOtoB9
though no hands are present56Please respect copyright.PENANASURlWrIxJx
to take credit.
And in the margins,56Please respect copyright.PENANAXXvSszX0Do
where explanations might have lived,56Please respect copyright.PENANAw9587SacXa
there are only delicate indentations 56Please respect copyright.PENANAfjCLT89Rk5
of what thought might look like56Please respect copyright.PENANAJ3g7YWmCNW
if it learned to behave.
The book is never finished.56Please respect copyright.PENANAq2mJoRU587
It prefers suspense to conclusion,56Please respect copyright.PENANAqixC5K7Jfb
and silence to interpretation—56Please respect copyright.PENANABjM5wk2nmM
a very respectable form of captivation.
How it survives56Please respect copyright.PENANA2vbtlGUpzx
without ever being read56Please respect copyright.PENANAX5LMODa1tW
is not a mystery,56Please respect copyright.PENANAQNZv8hM3xK
but a habit it resists to break.
It learns the shape of waiting56Please respect copyright.PENANA9afDa0tvQx
so well56Please respect copyright.PENANA2h9RMl0eYW
that even time holds back; 56Please respect copyright.PENANAvy1DSWlODX
to disturb it.
And when someone finally dares56Please respect copyright.PENANABzxj7n1fqg
to name its contents,56Please respect copyright.PENANAwhG6IrmKCW
the letters step aside56Please respect copyright.PENANAGczGttpl2v
politely56Please respect copyright.PENANAQqQVyCgMgd
as if they were never meant56Please respect copyright.PENANACDVvqaiQxi
to be seen at all.
So the book remains56Please respect copyright.PENANAYw4lUc0oiu
what it always was:56Please respect copyright.PENANAqZ4k9rqsTM
a place where meaning goes56Please respect copyright.PENANASx1bvXpOZ3
when it decides56Please respect copyright.PENANAvrvkIb2v8H
not to arrive.
It was in a paper mausoleum56Please respect copyright.PENANAllUSfRhKhs
Or in a ruin of notebooks?56Please respect copyright.PENANAKE3TFvmS1w
Ash gray;56Please respect copyright.PENANAXctPLXEhaa
Buried in dust,56Please respect copyright.PENANA2M4Snpd7aK
All that was to fade56Please respect copyright.PENANAGH7dhfUf12
Or to remain dormant.
There was something tragic about its unused pages,56Please respect copyright.PENANA1hFNZ9hMvf
The dog eared corners, and candlewax stains.
56Please respect copyright.PENANAl2U79SLlhR


