Lampern

Lampern

Cameron Goya Lynde

If there’s a little too much plastic
The seam in the shade a little too obvious
The tiniest tint of top-heavy
The cable slightly shorter than would be super
The branding a little cheap
Does the lamp deserve to exist?

If there’s a little too little rhythm
A beat too quaint
A bit too bite sized
Not much umph, triumph, or violence
If it sounds a little too fun
If there’s no tears or minds jerked
Should I even write the poem?

If notoriety is only for those who are a notch above
If pride clouds a little too much love
And daily patterns are a little too stuck
If posture’s never perfect
If not quite enough art is poured into life
If I can’t provide for my wife
Does anything I think matter?

Do I mean anything
If I don’t make much of anything?

Am I grimacing
From obligated duress
When I say, “yes”?

I guess
I’m free to think I’m captive

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Cameron Goya Lynde
Artist

Cameron is a literary, visual, and performance artist based in Honolulu, Hawaii. His work has been featured in Decode Gallery, Jinny Street Gallery, Ekstasis Magazine, Kaimuki Poetry Collection, and Pandemic by Treehouse. You can read about his current projects at unckoh.com

 Photography by Inga Seliverstova