The ochre-yellow linoleum floor hasn't been scrubbed for some time; splotches of dirt bloom on it like grey pressed flowers.
The ochre-yellow linoleum floor hasn't been scrubbed for some time; splotches of dirt bloom on it like grey pressed flowers.
Affluence was, quite simply, a question of texture ... The threadbare carpets of infancy, the coconut matting, the ill-laid linoleum, the utility furniture ... had all spoken of a life too near the bones of subsistence, too little padded, too severely worn.
My kitchen linoleum is so black and shiny that I waltz while I wait for the kettle to boil. This pleasure is for the old who live alone.
The damage to the house is to the linoleum floor and minor smoke damage,
They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
Again the hug, again the swirl of skirts, again the super-sandals squeaking away down the linoleum. Then silence. And peace.
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