these
are my
insecurities

thomas patrick levy

We go to Ikea on the weekends and purchase bookshelves that line the walls of our small house. Each wall is an emptiness we can’t fill with our words. I want to fill my walls with yours. I pile clothes on my dresser. All the books I own I’ve barely read. My books are fashion statements. I carry one on a strap over my shoulder. I wear the toughest small one on my belt. I try to tell you that there’s nothing in Ikea that will make us dream less. I try to imagine you as tall as a viking. In the dream where we’re Europeans our eyes are blue like facebook. Our eyes are beautiful and full of so much love. In the cabinet section we build a custom cabinet. I tell you all the things I would keep inside. I say IF YOU WERE A CABINET I WOULD CLOSE HANG AN LED LIGHT INSIDE AND STAY THERE FOREVER.