Furniture Music

I read on the chair

I write on the desk

I sleep on the floor

I dream beside the closet

I drink water in spring

(The cup is in the kitchen cupboard)

I drink water in summer

(The cup is in the kitchen cupboard)

I drink water in fall

(The cup is in the kitchen cupboard)

I drink water in winter

(The cup is in the kitchen cupboard)

I open the window and read

I turn on the light and write

I draw the curtains and sleep

I wake inside the room

Inside the room are the chairs

and the dreams of the chairs

Inside the room are the desk

and the dreams of the desk

Inside the room are the floor

and the dreams of the floor

Inside the room are the closet

and the dreams of the closet

In the songs that I hear

In the words that I say

In the water that I drink

In the silence that I leave

                     -Chen Li