1. Daniel used the hose to make rainbows in the sun.
2. “They’re not real rainbows,” said Claire.
3. “You’re a real rainbow,” said Ethel.
4. “Am not,” Claire said.
5. “Am,” said Ethel.
6. Tina used the hose to make rainbows in the sun.
7. Repeat to fade.
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Notes:
1. Written on June 28th, 2022
i have no presence
i cannot be seen
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Notes:
1. Written on June 29th, 2022
I just saw a hedgehog
ambling around the edges of my garden
in the middle of the day
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Notes:
1. Written/seen on June 28th, 2022
faded spines
full of cracks and creases
the pages as dry and brittle
as bone
and haunted
with memories
not always their own
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Notes:
1. Written on June 26th, 2022
Christopher laid out the contents of his suitcase carefully on the bed, checking each item off a list to make sure nothing had been mislaid in transit. You never could tell the trouble lost items might bring.
1. Phone #1 (public use)
2. Phone #2 (private use)
3. Laptop #1 (unlocked, innocent)
4. Laptop #2 (locked, encrypted, incriminating)
5. Printer
6. Laminator
7. Wireless Listening Devices #1-#7
8. Passive Listening Devices #1-#4
9. Notebook (in code)
10. Pens (various colours)
11. Camera #1 (conspicuous, innocent)
12. Camera #2 (inconspicuous, deniable)
13. Camera #3 (concealable, beyond legal and moral bounds)
14. Credit/Debit Cards #1-#6 (various names)
15. Voice Modulator (still in box)
16. Cables (knotted bundle)
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Notes:
1. Written on (date lost)
2. But probably in the first half of 2022
3. Or maybe late 2021