Moss Grey Oxeye Daisy

Moss Grey Oxeye DaisyWhen my partner asked me what to hang above a couch, I briefly considered suggesting a life size portrait of me in my pajamas, eating cereal straight from the box. But then I remembered we were aiming for "tasteful," not "restraining order," so I suggested a ceramic wall flower instead. "It's modern artwork" I explained, channeling my inner HGTV host. "Very now, very chic wall art decor." The flower in question was a small, green grey number that bore

It was small

my vintage "Jaws" poster wasn't cutting it anymore

a ceramic middle finger to conventional decor

clutching my own blue rose

my opinion clearly held as much weight as the minuscule yellow rose

like a chrysanthemum that had been dipped in sage-tinted twilight

The thing about this flower

a man who once thought high art was a framed poster of dogs playing poker

I've placed it in my kitchen

When I finally hung it up

My sister gifted it to me last Christmas

who was busy pretending not to notice that I'd rearranged the kitchen again