Safety Distance
“The petrol station is the only lit place for miles, and that is where they have chosen not to speak to each other. She is closing her bag, he waits by th…
€2,400 — Le Yack
“The petrol station is the only lit place for miles, and that is where they have chosen not to speak to each other. She is closing her bag, he waits by the car, and between them remain a few steps of tarmac that no one crosses. I spent most of the work on the puddle: the yellow pump is reflected in it upside down, and it is that reflection that gives the measure of the gap. The red of the dress I laid down last. It had to be too bright for that night, like something you keep on you when you are about to leave. A safety distance is what you put between yourself and what you have not yet decided. Does she get into that car? I painted her before I knew.” On the lit forecourt of a petrol statio…
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