a very small pleasure
let me loose in a library to browse
and slowly but surely i'll gravitate towards
the books about small living spaces.
today i sat in the aisle
on one of those rolling stools
absolutely transfixed as i flipped
through the photos and blueprints
and slowly but surely i'll gravitate towards
the books about small living spaces.
today i sat in the aisle
on one of those rolling stools
absolutely transfixed as i flipped
through the photos and blueprints
in the very small home,
i'm not particularly interested
in architecture, design, or decorating,
but little houses suggest the joy of forts
home as snug, self-built, & self-contained,
as a cosy and livable survival-cubby.
then again, the ones that make it into these books
are very cosmopolitan too, "all open and communicating".
i like them with false floors of transluscent white material,
with strangely-shaped windows, spindly chairs
and state-of-the-art showers. very spare,
clever, without room to be fussy.
much of the charm, of course,
is imagining a pefect little self
who'd fit, content and put-together,
in the perfect little home.
in reality, i'm sure i'd be cramped
in any of them, and i'll have a new favorite
with the next book i run across,
but for now if i had my pick
i'd settle for life in this ingenious house,
built on a narrow strip of land
that used to be a driveway.
i'm not particularly interested
in architecture, design, or decorating,
but little houses suggest the joy of forts
home as snug, self-built, & self-contained,
as a cosy and livable survival-cubby.
then again, the ones that make it into these books
are very cosmopolitan too, "all open and communicating".
i like them with false floors of transluscent white material,
with strangely-shaped windows, spindly chairs
and state-of-the-art showers. very spare,
clever, without room to be fussy.
much of the charm, of course,
is imagining a pefect little self
who'd fit, content and put-together,
in the perfect little home.
in reality, i'm sure i'd be cramped
in any of them, and i'll have a new favorite
with the next book i run across,
but for now if i had my pick
i'd settle for life in this ingenious house,
built on a narrow strip of land
that used to be a driveway.
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