Unattended Ballpoint pens,
chewed pencils, hard erasers, single AirPods, used tissues, a broken USB charger, jackets slung over chairs, a child’s flip-flop discarded near the bathroom, lace underwear by the tarmac, picked up with latex gloves and a wrinkled nose. The announcer speaks: All unattended bags will be discarded and destroyed. Your objects, whether beloved or trivial, will cease to exist. Here we have A thousand objects left behind, but no missing posters. No search parties. No attempt to recover. A girl hugs her mother’s leg. Children under two don’t require tickets to board. They are small and easily missed. Amelia Scott |