The chair occupies the center of the concrete floor. The floor is old and cracked, the ground water having frozen and expanded during the harsh winters, only to thaw in the spring and shrink once again. There’s a drain installed in the floor, and it is located directly under the chair. The drain collects the blood from the body that is bound to the wood chair. Because of the ground water, the drain doesn’t work very well. The blood has pooled, forming a wide oval pond around the drain where it will remain for days.
The children hold hands while circling the lifeless body and the blood beneath it. They try to avoid looking at the body or the blood, even though the fear that fills them is so profound, so tangible, it masks the reality of the event. For the children, time has slowed to a cr
