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.