learning reading

sometimes i wish i could just look
- just look - and not to read a book
just look at words and only see
a circle and a line, not 'p'
a line and then a dot, not 'i'
converging lines and not a 'y'
a jagged line, not 'w'
that little tail on letter 'q'
but ever since i learned to read
i cannot help it, i just need
to see a letter, make a word
the meaningful from the absurd