Sunday, November 5, 2017

Brief description of a matchbox

There is a beaten up matchbox laying around on my desk. It measures roughly 10 cm in length, 5 cm across and 3 cm in height. The box itslef is yellow with in the middle, and orange on the sides. On the top there is an off-center flame motif, and some text that reads „KORONA, biztonsági gyufa”.  On one side there is a dark borwn strip of course paper that is rough to the touch, the other has the image of a match printed on it. Sliding the once white inner tray out reveals a handful of slightly burnt wooden matches. The pieces of wood that were left unharmed are stained by a fine layer of charcoal dust. This black dust isn’t only on the matches. It gathers in the corners and edges of the cardboard aswell. Every single match has been used.
 

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