There exists a book31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFo29rElxy
that withholds to be opened twice.
Its pages are not made of paper31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhxOUl7Nlo
but of hesitation cooled into form,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTE9PA1wk5A
and its binding is stitched31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4c6Rj8Rh5
with something resembling quiet.
I have seen it only when the light goes astray —31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ5pR5HgwxM
when lamps grow theatrical31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ486gxgghnW
and corners become too honest.
Words appear, then reconsider themselves,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhde2gKNBLb
leaving behind the imprint of meaning31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6K55eFXBlo
without the inconvenience of certainty.
Ink here does not dry;31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡExn5GPLn5B
it dawdles like a well-mannered secret,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl1doqRm2iJ
refusing to smudge,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxgLLdWa0Y
declining to leave.
Sometimes the pages turn on their own,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqBUCAeoes
though no hands are present31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Yl6XPEzbZ
to take credit.
And in the margins,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVZgJfuOx8
where explanations might have lived,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQIZ1uRQ9F
there are only delicate indentations 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCSPcRDssOX
of what thought might look like31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVPQGNKots
if it learned to behave.
The book is never finished.31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3xRrrpYXk
It prefers suspense to conclusion,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9o9WZsLQJi
and silence to interpretation—31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUEQkwP6RQO
a very respectable form of captivation.
How it survives31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAP6808P52
without ever being read31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxlFiE4y33
is not a mystery,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyQ7h3IDVP
but a habit it resists to break.
It learns the shape of waiting31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWrR4XEwRn
so well31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuO8sDAXzP
that even time holds back; 31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPtMTXlB6V
to disturb it.
And when someone finally dares31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88GuQIWpMf
to name its contents,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5f9afGWeHS
the letters step aside31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpro6T09Sm5
politely31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHuN48xeKmC
as if they were never meant31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUm8Suo6Nm
to be seen at all.
So the book remains31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdESJnQoGge
what it always was:31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFXn5IaUzf
a place where meaning goes31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoJSpFmW1lO
when it decides31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkgdtjSeXt
not to arrive.
It was in a paper mausoleum31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSJ9bHFJVV3
Or in a ruin of notebooks?31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmPjyocxEru
Ash gray;31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYuC9Dhrdy3
Buried in dust,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJZQNENM12
All that was to fade31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡym7tDUiL0g
Or to remain dormant.
There was something tragic about its unused pages,31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmsrDfOzrh
The dog eared corners, and candlewax stains.
31Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8QZ5dH88W
and then Add to home screen.