Monday, December 27, 2021

Jane Cooper

 

cover of book


RENT

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.

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