praise the day

this carpet stretches out like a purple scarf

pulled from a bag

someone had something to do with sewing the scarf

neon now wrapped around the lamp base

someone unrolled the rug

& in its middle is a country 

as is the custom in this country

two people have to work

coordinating their efforts

to roll it back up again

humans make brazen noises

in the direction of each other's heads

their muscular backs are built so 

through constant interaction

with their own environment

for example, some rooms

are full of tightly rolled rugs

kept wound up in a series of stacked

& heavy, immovable piles

you spend your entire childhood

climbing over these mountains

singing at the peaks & carrying on
even through the valleys so