All over Iowa City one finds statues of Herky, the local sports teams' mascot. The statues were all built from a common mold, then turned over to local artists for creative decoration, and finally scattered throughout local institutions. Many are interesting, tasteful, or funny, but a few, like this Chess Herky at the Mercer Park community center, I simply find downright terrifying to behold. Maybe some people look at this and see a gentle joke about chess, but I see a demonic clown-monster with irregular shark teeth.
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