She said: I don’t look like that.
I said: Paula.
She said: yes.
I said: that’s exactly who it’s for.
She said: people who don’t look like that.
I said: people who are trying to find their way to feeling like that.
She said: in their bodies.
I said: yes.
She said: you built a place for that.
I said: I built a place for that.
She said: because of how things were here.
She said: in the hallway.
She said it with the knowledge of someone who also knew the hallway.
I said: yes.
I said: because of the hallway.
I said: because the hallway taught me what it feels like when the people around you don’t see you clearly.
I said: and I decided I wanted to build a room where people could be seen.
She said: and you did.
I said: and I did.
