By Eric Sutherland
throne
yelp and run wild child,
before you tire,
see it passing by
in a blur, youth is a fire,
cannot be held in store.
so sit and enjoy
the view from the throne,
soon you will rise like a pillar,
and what was taken
will be returned.
Discarded Project
Though Max is sitting for this portrait, the chair had most recently belonged to Paprika, the dog streaking through the background. Given to Paprika after being in the house for one year, the chair had initially belonged to Max’s grandmother. It was set on the curb because it was pronounced too ratty, even for the dog.
When we asked Eric Sutherland to write a poem inspired by the DISCARDED project, he found inspiration within this image of Max sitting in Paprika’s old chair.
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