a verite documentary of selves

It’s a truism that books help us 
imagine our way 
into other people’s lives.

I hope my books do that;
not necessarily me.

Of all the lives
all of us have lived,
the current one
is the most important,
most pressing,
most promising.

I hope I am shelved
somewhere names
become flames. 

Don't tell anyone about this, 
because I will deny it
until the day I die. 

However,
the books I just mailed,
presents and promotion
seem to find the right
person or that person passes
it along to the right person.