The Tenant

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He has the key
He has the floor
He has opinions on the weather
And the people at my door

He has a chair
He has a hour
He has a way of saying nothing
That can shake the kitchen tower

And I have learned to set the table
For the meal he does not eat
And I have learned to leave the lamp on
For the steps that are not feet

The tenant
The tenant
Has lived here longer than I have
The tenant
The tenant
Knows the house from underneath
And I do not ask him questions
And he does not ask me peace

He has a map
He has a tone
He has a memory of the things
I should already have outgrown

And I have learned to set the table
For the meal he does not eat
And I have learned to leave the lamp on
For the steps that are not feet

The tenant
The tenant
Has lived here longer than I have
The tenant
The tenant
Knows the house from underneath
And I do not ask him questions
And he does not ask me peace

Some days I forget he is here
And those are the days I am light
Some days he speaks before I do
And the day becomes a fight

The tenant
The tenant
Has lived here longer than I have
The tenant
The tenant
Knows the house from underneath
And I do not ask him questions
And he does not ask me peace
He does not ask me peace
He does not ask me peace