ETP1: Bodies in SITU - GARY

She nods and sits at attention. Her cheeks catch the sun and shine – makeup on them. Her mouth moves: talking while smiling. She nods, her hands hold a sandwich she bites into it, wipes hands with napkins thouroughly, then her hands clasp in her lap, under the table. She goes back for the sandwich, giggling with her mouth closed, now filled with sandwich, cheeks pushed out nods. Black hair in a pony tail with a maroon band holing it in place. White reflective stud ear rings, catching the sun. wipes her hands again. Laughs with mouth closed again small pink bag by her feet as big as her bicep, which is small. She has a small frame, skinny wrists, skinny ankles, heels – the bag is hiding her toes, but the backs of sandals poke out under her heels. Skin tight jeans, skinny jeans. A white ruffled shirt, poofing off skinny shoulders and small breasts. There’s a little shadow line in the middle of her chest – a low cut blouse? Top. Eyebrows raised. Forehead shines in the sun, makeup? Listens to friends, turns head to listen adds own biit of information. Chews although sandwich is not in her mouth. Talks, shrugging left shoulder and bobbing head towards that side. Her legs are very static, so is her torso. Top row of teeth showing. Laughs with her teeth exposed now. Eyes open wide. Very white. Black eye makeup around socket contrasting the white balls. Lighter than olive skin, pink lips – makeup? Sitting, talking to friends. Her legs and torso are very static, hands return to lap where the rest, motionless. Eyebrows are static too. Looks down at sandwich as she goes to pick it up revealing dark eyelash – makeup. Mascara. Eye not as wide now, more relaxed. Smiles with moth closed, goes for the napkin again. Nods. Ponytail nods with her. Talks, throat moving out and in. sits, static, talking, eating, time passes. The sandwich is being eaten slowly. She rests between bites. Long rests with mouth, and now a collarbone can be seen, making a shadow when she shrug/laughs with her shoulders. Scratches left shoulder then pulls on top, then back to sitting, talking, time passes. Nods eyes open, takes breath through the nose – neck lines show. Hands in lap, sitting, time passes. Scratches forehead with index finger on right hand. Hand comes from lap, up to the itch, and back. Hands in lap, talking, time passes. Front half of her face shining. Chattering, lips parting. Time passes. Frozen look on her face – eyebrows up eyes open, lips tight. Nose is small, small face, small frame, static frame, static face. Nodding. Nods are small, less than an inch in different, hair barely nods. Sit and talk time passes. Look left, big eyes, irises and pupils swivel left, large white shocking spaces to her right in each eye. Heels move, taking sandal bottoms with them, bouncing. Another nod. Nod, sit, talk, bob, time passes. Shrug. Time passes. Looks left, outside of circle of friends. Forehead glowing, shining white. Forehead whit, ear in shadow, a profile with hard light. Continue to sit. Continue to nod, sporadically. Only nods. Continue to nod, lips read “yes.” Nod. Time goes. Fix left shoulder. More time filled with sitting, talking. A different motion here: her pupils start bottom left, she blinks long, they end upper right. A breath… through the mouth. Continue to sit. But pony tail swings. Hands move, half smile – left side of her face. Bottoms of feet vertical, taking sandal bottoms. Just sitting, no more eating. Sit, talk, chest is tight, sit sit sit. Nod. Scratch your wrist, look right, following a friends wave, straining neck right, lifting chin. Back to sitting, back to staticness.