only the essential things can find their tongues and speak

A ghost floats over the courtyard
only three windows with lights

in the kitchen with my face on the glass
when everyone in the house is asleep

and I see the ghost light of the cloudy houses
under the stars
and the ghost light of all the laundry

the look of the house
in the dark is clean

only the essential things
can find their tongues and speak

as I glide without edges
through the rooms
like the smell of cooking
I do not belong to anything but books
which is very sad

I want to kiss someone

the whole world is asleep

[Matthew Rohrer {1972- } 'Ghost', from Destroyer and Preserver]