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 awe¹

    attending the spaces between us——

    Not a roof but a field of stars.