I Like A House With Books

I Like A House With Books


I like a house
with books,
and magazines and newspapers
as well,
not too neatly piled,
please.


I enjoy a home
with smells,
real ones
from cooking and cleaning
and such,
no vanilla need apply.


I crave a life
with peace,
yet welcome are
the bumps
and fever
of sincere living.

I cherish friends
who last,
the ones who
know
who we
really are.