Fensterlos

The task

to write about the word we were given without our hands stopping for more than five seconds

The word

"windowless"

The result

A room without windows would drive me nuts. I remember as a child, when my mom would look for a new home for us, she would always look for a place with many windows. And at least one of them would have to frame a tree outside. The first flat we lived in after my parents got divorced had no windows in the kitchen. The lights were even fluorescent. I did not like how it made my skin look. It looked unhealthy. Like a mixture of white, yellow, and green. Somehow gave a poisonous tone to all our food. It's nice to have a window in the kitchen when you are waiting for your pasta to cook or for the microwave to ding. You can look outside and watch the trees sway or see how the clouds tear apart
from one another.