George Ovenden
1: Faces stare out at me from a poster. They are reflective, vacant, black. 0: Darkness floods the room. It is thick and still and quiet. 1: Darkness brings a dim snarl of white noise. Its voices rise and fall in a language I don’t understand. 0: Static seeps away and we are dark again. 1: Through the crack in my wardrobe they stand with backs turned away. They have stopped talking. 0: Darkness again. We are alone. It is thick and still and quiet.