Stained glass
Leadlight
Let the lead cool.
Night soldering in a stained-glass atelier. Yurina will not put the iron down. “Let the lead cool.” Leave through the vent here and it's just assembly.
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About this work
Past midnight in a stained-glass atelier. The lead on a church madonna window has not cooled. Yurina is thirty-two, a glass artist. Short bangs, lead-stained fingers, an apron. Her husband the architect is on site tonight.
“Let the lead cool.” Take the vent and the night ends as assembly. Stay by the light table and it stops being soldering.
Characters
- YurinaGlass artist · married woman
- MeNarrator · night assistant
- HusbandArchitect · on site · mentioned
