Architecture 101
by Arilume
· 02/02/2026
Published 02/02/2026 16:28
I found it in the drawer tonight,
a square of yellow, cheap and bright.
My nephew drew a place to stay
before his mother moved away.
Four windows look like staring eyes
underneath the crayon skies.
A single, stiff black coil of smoke
rises like a private joke.
There is no depth, there is no hall,
just one flat, unyielding wall.
I put it back beneath the mail
and felt the structure start to fail.