The Lamp

The Body

of the light pink lamp is the size of a person’s head,

a hand of playing cards expanded, it is the shape of a seashell.

Not as flat as a seashell - remember that it is shaped like a seashell, but with the depth of a snail (also in the Phylum Mollusca) but without a spiral,

the lines, contours, and ridges of a seashell, however, two ridges jut out and spell the letter “Y” –

forming a bird’s wings; all the lines do not come from a center, the lines underneath the “Y” overlap like of a straitjacket or a bird’s wings when they nearly touch, in flight or when protecting a nest.

The fading base is a gold ring that is a half-cylinder.

The Lampshade

is a half-cone (same size as the body) - khaki when the light is off but

becomes amber brown when the bulb shines the color of autumn,

turning the eggshell white brick wall, the color of brown eggs, a shadow of a daydream of a mushroom cloud.

with four stems with thin, narrow leaves that grow away from each other:

fossilized-wind swept leaves landed in amber, one-million years ago,

sitting on a wooden four-drawer dresser made of scratched finished wood of light scratches,

on the left side of a corner, it shares with a wide window,

(The Lighting)

that illuminates the room,

the fork of three thick tree trunks, leave less, rising beyond blinds, in the pose of The Crucifixion.

white light fills the room, like the half-cylinder, light fixture on the opposite side of the room, by the door, with a window screen mesh print.

A covered power line meets a light switch at the door.

The lamp: the key light, the window: the backlight, the fixture: the fill light.