If you want my apartment, sleep in it

but let's have a clear understanding:

the books are still free agents.



If the rocking chair's arms surround you

they can also let you go,

they can shape the air like a body.



I don't want your rent, I want

a radiance of attention

like the candle's flame when we eat,



I mean a kind of awe

attending the spaces between us---

Not a roof but a field of stars.