The Chronology of Loss

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08:00. The apartment is white. The walls are white, the curtains are white, the light is a flat, clinical white. The woman sits on the edge of the sofa. She is wearing a white dress. She is looking at the phone. 10:00. She stands up. She walks to the kitchen. She pours a glass of water. She drinks half of it. She looks at the phone. 12:00. She opens the window. The sound of the city enters the room—the distant hum of traffic, the scream of a siren. She closes the window. She looks at the phone. 14:00. She lies down on the floor. She traces the pattern of the hardwood with her finger. She counts the grains of wood. One. Two. Three. She looks at the phone. 16:00. She dresses herself in a black coat. She puts on her shoes. She walks to the door. She puts her hand on the knob. She stops. She looks at the phone. 18:00. She sits back down. She removes her shoes. She takes off the coat. She looks at the phone. 20:00. She turns off the lights. The room is grey. She lies in the dark. She looks at the phone. 22:00. She closes her eyes. She listens to the silence. She looks at the phone. 00:00. She opens her eyes. The phone is still silent. She stands up. She walks to the door. She opens it and walks out into the night. She does not look back. 01:00. The phone rings. It vibrates on the white sofa, moving a few inches to the left. There is no one to answer it. The ringing continues for thirty seconds, then stops. 02:00. The room is white. The curtains are white. The phone is silent. *** **Objective Tensor Code (OTMES_v2):** - **T-ID**: 106-V10 - **T-Vector**: [M1:6.0, M4:4.0, N2:0.9, K1:0.8, I:0.7, R:0.1] - **Theta**: 180.0° - **Energy**: 10.5 - **Coord**: (M4, N2, K1)


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