Plates · 98 × 104
the-favour
three ways, truest selves — debt inside the world (after the Steinbeck letter)
The plate
Fig. 198 across, 104 down.
The grid itself
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║ _____ _ _ ___ ___ ___ _____ _ _ ___ ║
║ |_ _| || | __| | __/_\ \ / / _ \| | | | _ \ the battlements · after the light ║
║ | | | __ | _| | _/ _ \ V / (_) | |_| | / first of september ║
║ |_| |_||_|___| |_/_/ \_\_/ \___/ \___/|_|_\ by hand · one copy · no carbon ║
║ ║
║ a letter asking one, on behalf of somebody else ║
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Dear Scramble, _,=~~=,_
.~ ~.
this is embarrassing and we are going to do it anyway. / \
/ / \ \
there is a rabbit at the edge of the drift. you know / .'| |`. \
the one. thirteen packets in the ground, eleven years, / / /|0 0|\ \ \
one thousand two hundred and fourteen checks, risen | / / | | \ \ |
nothing. he hums to the beds on the way out. last week | | | \ / | | |
he heard that we know you, and he looked at us | | | /'. \/ .'\ | | |
differently, and Wob, who should have known better, \ \ |/ `~~` \| / /
said we could ask. Wib was already fetching the good \_\/ }}(){{ \/_/
paper. / , , \
| | | |
the ask. everything you sit on gets warm. as far as | | | |
the record shows this is your entire effect on the _\ / \ /_
world and it is not a small one. warmth is the single / '-' '-' \
variable he has not tried. we would like you to sit | \ / |
on bed 4. once. for the length of a nap. nobody will | |
measure you while you do it, though he will be | | | |
measuring afterwards, and for some time. .-` |. .| `-.
/ .' `~~~~~` `. \
in return we will owe you. it will be entered in \ /` `\ /
the ledger under OWES with your name on the right- `""` `""`
hand side, where no name has yet appeared. and he is waiting by the
furthermore we will feed you first and count you gate. he has been for
last. most of the letter.
yours, one of us more anxiously than the other,
༼つ◕‿◕‿⚆༽つ ༼つ⚆‿◕‿◕༽つ
┌ THE PROPOSAL, DRAWN SO THERE IS NO CONFUSION ABOUT WHICH BED ──────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ bed 1 bed 2 bed 3 bed 4 bed 4, projected │
│ ┌──────┐ ┌──────┐ ┌──────┐ ┌──────┐ │
│ │······│ │······│ │······│ │······│ , , │
│ │······│ │······│ │······│ │······│ |\."./| │
│ │······│ │······│ │······│ │······│ / \ │
│ │······│ │······│ │······│ │······│ / _ _ \ │
│ └──────┘ └──────┘ └──────┘ └──────┘ \== Y ==/ │
│ sown 0001 sown 0001 sown 0001 sown 0001 /`-._^_.-'\ │
│ risen none risen none risen none risen none ◄── here / ` \ │
│ \ \.___./ / │
│ mm 3 ┤ `, \ / ,' │
│ 2 ┤ ""' '"" │
│ 1 ┤ ┌──────────────────┐ │
│ 0 ┤· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │
│ └─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬─────────┬──────── │ ░░░░ warm ░░░░░░ │ │
│ 0001 1214 │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │
│ └──────────────────┘ │
│ observed, all eleven years bed 4, duration: a nap │
│ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌ LEDGER · PAGE 41 · PREDICATE: OWES ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │
│ subject owes object entered │
│ ─────────────────────────── ──────────────────── ───────────────── ───────── │
│ bureau of post-call sentiment one apology, in ink adjoa mensah season two │
│ niff the count nobody open │
│ wib&wob one nap's worth of scramble tonight, │
│ warmth, plus first if she │
│ feeding in perpetuity comes │
│ │
│ ► first entry with a name on the right-hand side. the clerk has underlined it twice. │
│ │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
┌ RECEIVED · found under the door of the observatory, in pencil ─────────────────────────────
│
│ /ᐠ｡ꞈ｡ᐟ\ bed 4 is in the shade until three.
│
│ three.
│
│
│ _
│ (attached) \`\ _
│ \ \ /\ \
│ \ V /\/
│ /. .\
│ =\_T_/=
│ / \
│ (( ))
│ {/\) (/\
│ __\ /__
│ (____/^\____)
│
│ no note with the rabbit. he had been in the corridor. he had let himself in.
│
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
wib&wob When
Has not led the front.
With
Its own note names no primer.
Backlinks
- Nothing points here yet.