Mi Ju, Squirrel Pot Pie 2014 (acrylic on panel)
These 5 Travel-Inspired Furnishings Will Make You Want to Go On An Adventure Immediately
Dot & Bo Blog, Design District, 7/17/2015
We bought a coffee table
inspired by a relief map,
only to find everything we placed
there rolled down mountains,
congregated in rivers and valleys.
We bought a couch inspired by
an airplane cockpit – more comfort
had been given to someone
with more money. Our kitchen
floor was a beach from Bali,
wrapped then shipped to us,
direct. Crabs nipped and scuttled
into the living room; sea gulls
from Ireland could have been knock-
offs from Atlantic City. They harassed
us in every room. Someone deboned
our boat like a sea bass, leaned its skeleton
for us against the wall and said Now float
in words. What if we haven’t got any
words? We open and close our mouths,
eyes fixed and staring at each other. We swim
in our newly-installed Arctic chill waterbed.
Our doormat no longer says Home is where
the heart is. Its silent slot canyon striations
encode a message, just for us. Do not linger,
the world is welcoming.