The Writing Life

At garage sales

I go straight to the carton of second-hand books

I always look for The Writing Life by Annie Dillard

determined to own every copy

I enjoy seeing it in its many guises

and jackets

to map its evolving look throughout the years

 

the other day I sat down to read it

after six or seven years

It seems the prose is evolving too

because it struck me as a little too oh-I-don’t-know

precious, maybe

in a way I don’t remember.