Lydia Davis 7

I read about collapsing figures

And multiplying bodies

And utopian scenarios in which

Present past and future harmonize

And I remember that I love wallpaper

I love it as it’s static

Even when I’m wavering’

The wallpaper is basically static

Wallpaper is there for people

To make what they wish of it

Wallpaper is the antithesis

Of collapsing figures and multiplying bodies

Wallpaper is utopian

Only if it is dead

And I not only stare at my wallpaper

I wish to become united with it.