using it upAn inventory, not a haul

read 14 SEP 2026The letter

94 entries73 published21 in the queue292 spoken lines21 with no lines72 photographs9 objects18 the longest run5 columns8.5 a weekread 14 SEP 2026

using it up/All entries/Still works/004

i eat every meal here

11 SEP 2026Still works4 spoken lines, 54 wordsthe table, 8 of 8

Filed under

Still works. Kept, mended, and quietly older than anything that replaced it would have been.

The caption it went out with

the marks on it are just proof i ate here

i eat every meal at this table.

it came secondhand and it wobbles a little, and every mark on it is one i put there myself.

for a while i kept a tab open with tables that matched nothing i own.

i closed it, and the room got quieter, and dinner tastes the same.

The rest of the shelf

8 entries are the table. This is 8. Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.

The object

This is the table, entry 8 of 8. 6 of them have gone out. 8 photographs were taken of it.

They are filed under 8 still works.

The newest one says: the marks on it are just proof i ate here

What a row says

The object. Which of the 9 things on the shelf this entry is, and which time round. Each object carries 4 to 18 entries.

Went out. The date it was published. An entry that has not been published prints In the queue instead. 21 are written and waiting.

The lines. How much was said over the object. 21 entries had nothing read over them, and 11 unpublished ones carry four.

The lines

4 lines, 54 words, against a longest of 67 in the corpus.

The headword and the first spoken line are different sentences on this entry. On 40 of the 73 narrated entries they are the same.

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