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/065

POV: you wear the sneakers until they're actually done and they tell the whole story

18 JUL 2026Still works4 spoken lines, 62 wordsthe laundry, 4 of 8

Filed under

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

Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.
The caption it went out with

every scuff earned.

The object
the laundry, entry 4 of 8
Filed under
Still works
Went out
18 JUL 2026
The lines
4 lines, 62 words
It counts
thousand, one
Also the laundry
7 still works, 1 noticed
01

You wear the sneakers until they're actually done, and by then they tell the whole story.

02

There's the crease across the toe from every walk home, folded in a thousand times.

03

There's the scuff on the side from that one trip you'd forgotten about until you looked down.

04

A new pair would know none of it. They'd be beautiful and completely blank.

The rest of the shelf

8 entries are the laundry. This is 4. Every object here is a still from that entry's own footage.

Open the laundry