Light switch

 The ugly square metallic box stuck out markedly from the wall. They hadn’t even recessed it into the plasterwork so with the white plastic pipe protruding from the top the whole thing looked like it belonged in a factory. 

Although maybe that would be quite fitting. They come in first of all full of energy, then we exert our will over a period of time and slowly that smile starts to disappear. 

Around the light fitting then familiar cold blue paint had been smeared on. Daubed on if we’re honest. Some bits were still white where screw holes had been filled or boards moved. It needed ripping down and starting again.