Dogs 2019


PARTICLE BOARD CHIC
(10/28/19)
the “furniture”
looked decent
in the store
coming out
of the box
however
the parts
and pieces
seem more
like a cardboard
kids game
or maybe
cardboard
on steroids
nothing
was assembled
I would
know
each flaw
in these cheap
furnishings
like the
increasing wrinkles
of my skin
and as
with those
I will only
hope
that no one
else
will notice
too much
I read
the first
instruction
realizing
that this
would be an
all day
project
I might
be able
to learn to make
real furniture
in less
time
Robert Pirsig
would call this
a form
of sculpture
perhaps
if the medium
were Play-Doh
many hours
later
I am done
from a distance
none of it
looks
that bad
but I know
what's
underneath
what's
inside
uneven
edges
stripped
holes
and hardware
a soul
of a
scrapheap
oh well
another
of the benefits
of living
alone
far from
relatives
bereft
of friends
I turn
off
the lights
the silhouettes
of my surroundings
looking
quite lovely