“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).
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