Mon, 26 January

inventory of the room at 8:58 a.m. one (1) conference table, laminate, seats twelve, seats none four (4) monitors, black, arranged to face the cardinal directions nine (9) office chairs, mesh-back, set to varying heights — three angled northeast — two facing the window — one rotated fully away from all others — three in positions that suggest a conversation that ended mid-sentence one (1) speakerphone, center of table, red light unlit zero (0) glasses of water zero (0) pens zero (0) notepads one (1) power strip, six outlets, all occupied by chargers charging nothing one (1) silence, fluorescent, weighing approximately six tonnes per square meter twelve (12) shadows, unclaimed one (1) cloud cover, exterior, pressing its face against every window simultaneously zero (0) evidence this room has ever contained a body