Rachel Lahn
Mixed media with beach glass on wood
Response
In Her Head
By Stefanie A. Shilling
Inspiration piece
on the back wall
between her left ear and her right ear
she positioned the couch
then the ottoman smack dab in the middle
right behind her nasal cavity
on the right side of the couch
she set up an end table
with trinkets, a book and a glass of water
on the left side of the couch
a tall floor lamp
and on the couch itself
a blue-gray wool blanket
draped across her lap
she sat on her couch
and looked out of the two large windows
the blinds blinked
open and closed
open and closed
and sometimes
they stayed closed for hours
the view varied a little bit
but the comfort she felt on her couch
remained the same
and so she stayed there
day after day after day
night after night after night
until the blinds stopped working
and the light
no longer filled the room
cobwebs stretched from lamp to table
trinkets now blanketed in dust
the book left open halfway
water long since evaporated from her glass
and the blue-gray wool blanket
draped across the couch
now nothing more than a moth’s haven
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