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/Became someone/058

i know exactly what i own now. that used to not be true

19 JUL 2026Became someone4 spoken lines, 54 wordsthe shelf, 7 of 13

Filed under

Became someone. The version of me who already has enough of it. Same shelf, different appetite.

The caption it went out with

inventory of a quiet life.

I know exactly what I own now. That used to not be true at all.

I used to rebuy things I already had, sitting somewhere I'd never checked.

Twice. Sometimes three times. Two of the same thing in two different drawers.

Knowing is its own kind of quiet. Nothing hiding, nothing to guess at.

The rest of the shelf

13 entries are the shelf. This is 7. Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.

The object

This is the shelf, entry 7 of 13. 10 of them have gone out. 8 photographs were taken of it.

They are filed under 5 still works, 5 became someone, 2 noticed, 1 didn't buy it.

The newest one says: still working, still 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 How much was said over the object. 21 entries had nothing read over them, and 11 unpublished ones carry four.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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