They don’t tell you how dangerous air gets.
 
Or an antiquated ventilation system.
 
I turn on the standing fan in winter. And crack the window open.
 
And pay very little in rent.
 
To lie down, eat grapes. No mosquitoes.
 
To not have black dust take X years off my life.
 
The whitest shade of HDB tile,
 
like teeth in a mouth.