This is Tacky Sofa.
Tacky Sofa and I are kindred spirits.
I found met Tacky Sofa at the thrift store. Tacky Sofa was sitting alone, all velvety and hideous, looking out of place amid a shipment of irregular beige futons.
I felt drawn to Tacky Sofa.
Tacky Sofa spoke to me.
It said, take me away from this awful place, and make for me a room of fuchsia, where I will be the center piece, the eye-catcher, where all other furniture will feel boring and slightly mismatched in my presence.
I think Tacky Sofa is beautiful; it just needs to be loved. And since I didn’t have $150 or a room of fuchsia,* I hope Tacky Sofa found a loving home.
*or a roommate willing to lose our deposit so I could paint a room fuchsia because a sofa told me to