Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Ice Breaker

 Ice Breaker


How would you thank

the person who built for you     say


a tiny house like an indoor gazebo

with a built-in table

and a built-in bed

just a little shorter than your body

all cut from sheets of plywood 

and every surface even the undersides

painted matte white

the color of your mother’s 

laundry room and the color and texture


you associate with bookshelves scrunched up 

with 3-ring plastic-covered binders for workplace 

motivational workshops

which is to say

an alarm rings in you of undeterminable danger

like sitting next to a wet ashtray


and the tiny house was given

as a gift

and also you can’t

give it back

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