the county
walk in. the road does the rest.
the door has been open for ninety years. no one remembers it being unlocked.
federal photography project
field office e · southern region · est. MCMXXXV
NOTICE
concerning the animal of this county
the office has no photograph of this animal.
what it does is in the file. what it is, is not.
exhibit: plate i · class .0100 · filed: damage only
NO REWARD IS OFFERED
the office does not hunt. it keeps the record.
the office prints the places and not the people. what is not known is not in the file.
in the print there is a light in the window. the chapel has no glass. the negative agrees with the print.
the trap was new-set and unsprung. nothing was caught in it, and nothing has been since. one thing at the line was red. it stayed.
bandersnatch
ninety years develop slowly. the file is not closed.