February 2024 Flash Lit 3 (3) - Insert

Insert

Say whatever nasties

you want about fjällbo

and kallax and billy,

the impenetrability

of their assembly instructions,

the swearing and smashing

of thumbs.

You still get a bookcase

at the end

to hold all the stories.

And it’s still easier

to build a whole

Ikea family than

a real one, where

inserting part A

into slot B

is just the beginning

and a few screws

are always loose.