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The Rug We Bought When We Were Fighting At The Strip Mall

The Rug We Bought When We Were Fighting At The Strip Mall

Painting of an elaborate red prayer rug
Seafoam furballs
gather along the trim,
friction and feet.
A symmetrical pattern
of pine-green lines
makes a motherboard.
Orchid blossom linked
to a cream and crimson cat’s eye
with a pea-colored iris.
Two almond-shaped ulcers
in off-white clouds
rise symmetrically
from a pair of viruses.
A harmless cartoon ghost
parachutes from the petals
of a propeller
pinned to a stain.
Halved walnuts in the center,
a cross-section of lungs
separated
by a furry piece of cartilage.
Insect heads radiate
from quadrants.
Leafy owl eyes
double, quadruple.
Two pinned moths squirt
jets of avocado juice
from talons that rise
in opal plumes.