Inside, a woman in a heavy black robe kisses a chafed hardwood floor. The fabric soaks her stray tears. A brush broom spreads dust as a paper-wrapped purple crayon bleeds in a pool of late afternoon sun. My silhouette is also on the floor. I see it, though the others appear not to. Colored paper, mostly shades of blue and green, and metal jacks form patterns and rainbows that spread across the floor. A housefly buzzes near the woman’s ear while an older couple, dressed in suits of lace and crisp linen, waltz near an undraped window. Below the windowsill, a trashcan overflows, brimming with crumpled tissue. Nearby, a short black skirt with a stretched elastic waist drapes a body. Identity unknown. A sandwich, spinach and turkey on a Kaiser roll, sits on a small circular plate on a narrow re
