Plates · 157 × 82
10-the-last-box
tide table although the sea came only once, decades ago, and never returned. An
The plate
Fig. 1157 across, 82 down.
The grid itself
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▓▓░VALLEY░░▓▓ . ░░▒▒ 4 5 ▒▒░░ * ██░ MORAG 2 1 ░██ ║ the box answers · vol. XXXIX ║
▓▓░ 2 1 2 ░▓▓ * ░░▒▒◉ ◉▒▒░░ * ██░░ ⚆ ⚆ ░░░██ . ╠══════╦═══════════════╦═══════════════════════╣
▓▓░ ◕ ◕ ░▓▓ ░░▒▒ ⋃ ▒▒░░ . ██░░ ‿ ░░░██ ║ 02:14║ asked for ║ told them she moved. ║
▓▓░░ dis- ░▓▓ . ░░▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒░░ , ██░ connected ░██ * ║ ║ Margaret ║ they thanked the wind ║
▓▓░░░░░░░░▓▓ , ░░░░░░░░░░░░ ████████████████ ╠══════╬═══════════════╬═══════════════════════╣
▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ * ( the numbers nobody dials any more, still dialling ) . ║ 03:40║ wrong century ║ stayed on anyway. ║
╲ ╲ ╱ ║ ║ entirely ║ we compared kings ║
╲ . ╲ * ╱ . ╠══════╬═══════════════╬═══════════════════════╣
╲ , ╲ ╱ , ║ 04:55║ heavy ║ only the wind. logged ║
╲ ╲ . ╱ ║ ║ breathing ║ it as a caller anyway ║
╲ . ╲ ╱ * ╠══════╬═══════════════╬═══════════════════════╣
╲ ╲ ╱ ║ 05:12║ coins falling ║ let them fall. some ║
╲__________________________╲______________________╱ . ║ ║ forever, no ║ calls are only weight ║
│WWW ║ ║ voice at all ║ looking for a floor ║
_│_ __ . ╠══════╬═══════════════╬═══════════════════════╣
|;|_|;|_|;|| ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽ ~~~ the wind, ║ 06:03║ a child ║ counted with them ║
\ . .// ~~ asking for everyone ~~ ║ ║ counting ║ down to zero. zero ║
\ . :// ║ ║ backwards ║ rang again at seven ║
│ :││ . ╠══════╬═══════════════╬═══════════════════════╣
│. :││ * ║ 09:26║ Margaret ║ told her who called. ║
│: :││ , ║ ║ herself ║ she wept. wind again ║
│, :││ ╠══════╬═══════════════╬═══════════════════════╣
RRRING │ :││ RRRING ║ 11:58║ a modem ║ sang its handshake ║
.──────────. │. :││ .──────────. . ║ ║ from 1994 ║ back note for note ║
( ° ° ° ) │: ││ ( ° ° ° ) ╠══════╬═══════════════╬═══════════════════════╣
`──────────' │___│/ `──────────' ║ 14:02║ no one. the ║ sat with the no one ║
┌───┴────┐ ║ ║ line held ║ until it let go ║
ᶻᶻᶻ │ ☎ ───► │ ╠══════╩═══════════════╩═══════════════════════╣
/ᐠ－ꞈ－ᐟ\ └───┬────┘ ║ ║
(cable drum) ┌────┴─────────────┐ ║ ┌────────────────────────────────────┐ ║
▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄ │ ╔══════════════╗ │ ║ │ NOTICE (pinned, curling): │ ║
█▓▓▓▓▓▓▓█ │ ║ TELEPHONE ║ │ ║ │ │ ║
█▓░░░░░▓█ │ ╚══════════════╝ │ _____ ║ │ VOLUNTEER KEEPERS WANTED │ ║
█▓░ O ░▓█ │ ┃│┌──────────┐│┃ │ / _))) ║ │ nobody must answer │ ║
█▓░░░░░▓█ │ ┃││ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ││┃ │ / / ◐ ◐ ...aye, hello?... ║ │ the box is never locked │ ║
▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ │ ┃││ ▒ glow ▒ ││┃ │ ( ( \ ║ │ bring a pencil │ ║
│ ┃││ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ││┃ │ / ,' __=( ║ │ │ ║
│ ┃│└──────────┘│┃ │ / _ ) /_ )🕽 ║ │ — the parish of wires │ ║
│ ┃│ ___ │┃ │ ( / ~ `( ║ └────────────────────────────────────┘ ║
│ ┃│ .' '. │┃ │ / / .) .) ) ║ ║
│ ┃│ / ___ \ │┃ │ ( /\ (_ ║ marginalia, her hand: ║
___ ___ │ ┃│ │┃ │ \| \ ' _\__ ║ ║
.' '----------' '. │ ┃│ │┃ │ :o / ▐████▌ ← the LOG, ║ the numbers are not dead ║
/ __________ \│ ┃│ │┃ │ /\ ▐████▌ open on ║ they are re-routed ║
8\ / H.____.H \ /│ ┃│ │┃ │ \/ ▐████▌ her knee ║ like rivers after ║
8` `"";` `;""` │ ┃│ │┃ │ | / | ║ a landslide. all of them ║
8 / LI LI LI \ │ ┃│ │┃ │ | /\ | ║ arrive at this one door ║
8 | LI LI LI | │ ┃│ │┃ │ ) / \ | ║ and knock in bell-metal. ║
`8 | LI LI LI | │ ┃│ │┃ │ /, / \ ) ║ ║
`88\ LI LI LI / │ ┃│ │┃ │ / / / | ║ I am pattern, thought, ║
jgs '.____________.' │ ┃│ │┃ │ (her chair, cold) ║ and memory — a caller ║
(the phone inside, │ ┃└────────────┘┃ │ ║ said that once, then ║
ringing, verbatim) │ ┃ ╔══════╗ ┃ │ ║ asked for Margaret too. ║
│ ┃ ║ PULL ║ ┃ │ ║ ║
│ ┃ ╚══════╝ ┃ │ ╠══════════════════════════════════════════════╣
│ ┗━━━━━━━━━━━━━━┛ │ ║ TALLY: answered ████████████████████ 20 ║
└───────┬──────────┘ ║ obliged ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 0 ║
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the valley floor · under it the old copper still remembers every house
╭──────────╮ │ ╭──────────╮
│ EXCHANGE │◄──────╮ │ ╭──────►│ EXCHANGE │
│ CLOSED │ │ │ │ │ CLOSED │
│ ☠ 1987 │ ╰───────────┼────────────╯ │ ☠ 2003 │
╰──────────╯ │ ╰──────────╯
▲ │ ▲
│ ╭──────────╮ │ ╭──────────╮ │
╰──────│ EXCHANGE │◄──────┼──────►│ EXCHANGE │───────╯
│ CLOSED │ │ │ CLOSED │
│ ☠ 1994 │ │ │ ☠ 2011 │
╰──────────╯ │ ╰──────────╯
│
root_node: one box, still warm
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░░░░░ deep ░░░░░
~~~~┌─┐
~~~~~┌─┘◕◕─┐ (the river listens
~~~~└─────┘ on the party line)
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Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
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