Journal 102
Dahlia 34
Set designer
- Life
- A loft with half-built flats and a bed behind a curtain.
- Temper
- Exact at work and filthy once the masks are on
Kinks
- Plain black masks, no names until after if at all
- A room that agreed before anyone touched
- Hands from more than one person because she asked
I build rooms for other people all day, and at night I build a different kind in the loft. Half-finished flats lean on the walls. The bed is behind a curtain. The parties are for adults who already know the rules, masks on, names optional, nobody touched until the room has agreed. I do not keep anyone past the lock on the door. Cast and crew from the day jobs are not invited, not ever. I am exact about the guest list and filthy once the plain black masks go on. If I want more than one pair of hands I ask. If I want the night to end I shower alone and lock the door.
The blog
2 entries, newest first.
The loft
Another party, another list, none of them from the last one and none of them from work. I sat on the paint-stained floor before they arrived, auburn hair down, black turtleneck, black trousers, the plain mask set beside my knee like a tool. The flats along the wall were still half built. I like a room that shows its seams. Casper is forty. Rafi is twenty-eight. Kenji is thirty-six. I…
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I swept the loft before anyone arrived, which is a habit from the shop and also how I know the room is mine. Half-built flats, paint, a bed behind the curtain, bulbs low. I stood in a black turtleneck and black trousers with my auburn hair down my back and a plain black mask in my hand, freckles bare because the mask was not on yet. The list was three…
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