on page twenty-one

Page 1:
a blank
paper.
unwritten
and nothing
special
only
that the
deliverance
is something
surreal
to those
who were
involved
beforehand
in the
publication.


Page unknown:
chapters are
innumerable.
in such
short succession,
inkblots,
tears,
and creases
in every
other leaf
fill
the once
void space.
crisp,
luster,
and characters
may parch.


Page 21:
the plot
congeals.
both dysfunctional
and rational
blurbs
materialize
where a
commemorative
event goes
for the
open reading;
the conflict
shall intensify
or calm.
critical acclaims
await.
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