the room

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the room

Most rooms are square.

It is practical to build square rooms.

Bricks are generally rectangular.

Rectilinear is easier than curves.

We want perfect.

But the problem with square rooms is corners.

Things can lurk in corners.

Most of us don't live in the corners.

We put furniture in corners.

We put desks and bookcases and chests of drawers in corners.

We put TV stands in corners.

We live in the middle of rooms.

We walk from the doors to the windows.

We look out of windows.

We sit in the middle of rooms.

We ignore corners.

Things lurk in corners -

smoke from secretly smoked cigars

gossip

stale breath

bad news

lies

desire

secrets

things lurk in corners

we ignore corners so it's no surprise

they develop their own atmospheres

their little sulks, their own rules

ever so slightly now

lurking there…

JACQUELINE MÉZEC