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I took someone to a chiropractor, on Dekalb Avenue. The plan was to go inside, and read in the waiting room. I did not know what I was getting into.
The first thing you see is a porch swing. I took a seat, on the swing, and looked up. A skeleton, with a rainbow scarf, was laughing at me across the room. The room was overflowing with ceramic skulls, ferns, candles, affirmations, and crystals. I don’t have anything against recreational wu, in moderation. Unfortunately, the coven ambience was giving me the willies.
I saw an inkpen, in front of a couch. Braving the germs, on the writing utensil, I began to take notes. Then, I looked up. On a chair across the room, I saw a pillow. The image on the pillow was a skull, with rainbow stripes across his brow. These gray streaks went into his left ear, and rainbow-colored sunbeams were coming out the right ear. I saw that this was the one thing I could change. I walked over to the chair, took a picture of the pillow, and turned it over. The other side was plain white. I prefer whiteness to a rainbow skull that shoots out moonbeams.
When I got home, I did a Google image search. The image is Dark Side of Existence. The guilty artist is Norman Duenas. DSOE is available over 67 ways, including a miniskirt. I scrolled down, past the condoms and iphone covers, to see the pillow.
“Dark Side of Existence Throw Pillow Designed and sold by Norman Duenas. $22.19, $18.86 when you buy 2+. Pay in 4 interest-free payments of $5.55 with Afterpay. Accent cushions with original art, for that instant zhuzh factor in any room.”
Until that fateful moment, zhugh (pronounced jooj) had been absent from my life. “A go-to word for Queer Eye’s original fashion guru, Carson Kressley, zhuzh describes the act of making slight improvements or accents to a wardrobe or look (such as by adding a pocket square, or popping a shirt collar).” For today, zhugh is when you prefer whiteness, to the “Dark Side of Existence.”
Pictures today are from The Library of Congress. These men were battlefield surgeons, during the War Between the States. They served with the Union Army. The Battle of Atlanta was fought near where Dekalb Avenue is today.