27 August 2025

One reel, looped

The screen behind the desk is eight minutes and no voice.

The clerk was tired of explaining the board. The reel does it while she writes.

Type is the two hours: due, and came. Nothing else fits the door.

They have not asked us to add music. The water is already loud.

The office is a desk on Strada Mihail Kogălniceanu, a short walk from the landing. The people who call are the landing, the potters, and families who want the hour someone waited. We do not stage a crossing. If the wind stops the boat, we stay with the people who stayed. The other bank is in the frame only when the boat actually goes.

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