Past Is Prologue

A Crowded Table

I own the table of my dreams because someone was desperate

Meg Conley
Human Parts
Published in
6 min readJan 22, 2021

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A rounded wooden table with a vase of flowers on it in a living room.
All photos courtesy of Meg Conley

Round tables are big in a way a long table never can be. Maybe it’s a Knights of the Round Table thing. No one can be at the head of a round table, so everyone sits equally around it. Maybe it’s the lazy Susan effect. Food on a round table is always within reach and so everyone is fed…

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Meg Conley
Human Parts

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