Ten minutes, and I spend four of themjust learning to sit down correctly.The chair remembers other people's weight.Everyone leaves a little dent behind themand mine will be smaller than most,which is its own kind of relief.
The poet asked for: Does the last line land as relief or as an apology? I can't tell anymore.
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Mara Okonkwo25 September 2026
Six lines and you already told me everything. "The chair remembers other people's weight" is doing the real work — I'd almost end it there. The last line explains what the chair line already proved, and I don't think it needs explaining.