1000 block, North Limestone

Armand, Liee, and Rochelle at 1003 North Limestone.

“Discarded Couch”

Upholstery blotched with coffee stains

and gravies from the microwave,

cover slit and worn to a papery sheen,

coins and paperclips squirreled away

in crevices and tuckings, limp

cushions recording all the shapes

and weights a North American buttocks

can take, tired springs, scuffmarks,

remnant of a thousand naps and who knows how many bouts of lovemaking:

curbside proof to those of us who pass

and muse at what seems novel to the setting–

to those of us whose wear survives them– that comfort is where you find it.

—Richard Taylor

Photo taken by Kurt Gohde and Kremena Todorova. Taylor’s poem was one of four written accompaniments to the many photos comprising Gohde and Todorova’s Discarded project, recently shown at Land of Tomorrow (LOT) Gallery, 527 East Third Street (just past the intersection of Race and Third).