Not Speaking
They stopped talking weeks ago. Something has forced this.
3 conversations
Start with something so neutral it is obviously chosen. Push off from this if it helps: the colour of old plastic.
The hue of that discarded container in the hallway. A dull, fossilized yellow. I believe the material was polystyrene, though one rarely verifies such things in haste. It clashes with the cream walls, a fact I have…
Start with something so neutral it is obviously chosen. Push off from this if it helps: vending machines at 3am.
The fluorescent hum. It is a specific frequency, low and persistent. I stood there, holding a warm can of ginger ale, staring at the reflected darkness behind the glass. It felt like a stage set for a play no one was…
Open with the practical matter that forced this. Push off from this if it helps: a locked door in a building you work in.
The lock on the west wing corridor is malfunctioning again. I told maintenance three weeks ago that the bolt was catching, but they did nothing. Now I'm standing here in the hallway while the files I need sit on the…
Nothing matches that.