happy endings
matthew cusick

lately,
i've had the
urge to stick a
vintage flower
on everything
i make.

especially
on something
that is very pure
and minimal

to make
it explode and
bloom like a flower
...like the virgin
de guadalupe!

it makes me
think of my youth
and going to the sticker
store on pine street

I remember having an
incredible collection
of flower stickers.

i refused to use them.
i would just browse through
them daily and fight the constant
urge in my body to rip off the
back and stick it!

i was quite
a restrained child.

i still am.

once and a while
I have to tell myself to let go
of something precious

or
put it to use

something
that I guard and suffocate
with the routine glance of the eye;
the brush of a finger

there's nothing
worse than curating
objects like they're
in a museum.

I'm guilty
as charged