Wednesday, June 2, 2010

poem, 1999

WHAT I LEARNED IN I.D.
A chair
can't stare.
It doesn't care.
Sit with me it cannot whisper.

It may have arms
And cushioned charms
But no embraces.

It's just a tool
A human foil
Set dressing for the human form.

You take your ass
and place its mass
upon a board.

It's just a bridge
on which you sit
to span the time
you work, or loll
or wait for someone.

(so you can tell I wasn't too excited about my Industrial Design degree....right school, wrong department. I don't regret a minute though, for so many reasons.)

1 comment:

Elisa Hebert said...

This is fantastic. And so completely how I feel about those 4 years.