the inevitability of wrinkled bedsheets

ikea

"we have to go to ikea," i had said

"ikea?" she had laughed

"ikea." i had replied

we were like kids in a candy store

(if our candy was lamps, kitchenware, and couches)

it was funny,

a month ago neither of us would had wanted to go

and look at tables, curtains, and pillow throws

but something obviously had changed

for us to get so excited about spoons and plates

and for us to get into silly arguments about thread count

and paper weights

we left with too much

(coffee table, tubberware, a loveseat, rocking chair)

and we spent too much

but neither of us cared

because we both had a really good time