The Story

--Joshua Edwards

I read the same book over and

over, as much to have a familiar

thing to hold as to forget how

far I am from everything I know.

Some people like their reading

and their lives complex, but I

prefer the pleasure of words not

so unlike those in my throat,

and for me, the perfect book

tells this story: someone travels

for many years, then returns

to a home that no longer exists.