IKEA

IKEA makes me think

of gambling

I sit down to play

with a machine

without instructions

without real instructions

like

how it’s really, really supposed

to go

like

if I really wanted to do this

really well

who would I have to be

how many hours

would I have had

to take

to get as far as

mastering a thing

before me

a thing before me

is glass

and it will break

as any rules can be applied

nothing is unbreakable

the scariest thing

is the thought of so many pieces

of

sharp things

that you can kind of see

and you can kind of feel

but not really feel until

it’s all the way in

and it hurts

and you feel disgusted

like

you tricked me

you slid right in

you inserted yourself

and to pull myself out

from being on top of you

or you in me

I have to pull

from both sides

you see

everything that is together

wants to be together

unless they’re not

so

how can I really say that IKEA

is tricking me or not

because they made it

the way it’s supposed to be

and who am I to question

but just do what I’m told

and maybe I’ll win

and maybe I just won’t get it

and then of course

there is also the maybe

I might

make my own thing

and make other people

play me

being me

I mean

see

you can only win,

lose,

or

play

and

once you win or lose

it’s over