The Chair

There it sat, erect, towering
Lines clean, svelte…metallic.
A monstrosity of modern medicine,
Wrapped uncomfortably in brown leather.
It’s form uncompromisingly aligned with function.

It’s designed to be life-supporting;
With burly arms calculated
to keep occupants safely seated,
But succeeding only in being enormously confining.

There it sat, erect, menacing,
Its legs polished, gleaming, sterile.
Painfully wrapped in brown leather.
Form too closely following function.

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Nubian