#title Interiors #author Laurie LePain #SORTauthors Laurie LePain; #date 1990 #source [[https://www.fifthestate.org/archive/333-winter-1990/interiors]] #lang en #pubdate 2018-01-27 #notes Fifth Estate #333, Winter, 1990 she had quickly cleaned the house now she waited perched nervously on the kitchen stool as if she were a bird ready to take flight Finally, he arrives dressed fashionably in grey and white he cuts an elegant figure and the interview begins— he asks: which do you prefer the black enamel finish or these soft, muted rose-tones shall we discuss the various textures of carpets or do you prefer the sensual earthiness of a fine wood floor the stark simplicity of the modern or the eclectic clutter of the victorian? she nervously draws on her cigarette wipes the perspiration from the space between her eyes and slowly turns her head away from him how do you feel about lighting? he asks her gallery-style tract lights or the subdued and more subtle lamp lighting but wait, he implores, as though looking at her for the first time— how important is this to you? and she, with barely a whisper answers him: I can’t hear you— What ever are you talking about? all she hears is the tick, tick, tick of her kitchen clock passing carefully measured time and the faint, very faint scuffling of a spider moving up the wall