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Do Not Read This / 25 September 2003

You know I have this thing about writing myself short, 1- to 4-word messages on miniature-sized Post-Its and then putting them in my pocket and hoping that I’ll find them later and remember what they meant and act accordingly. (I get in real close when I write these messages, eyes only an inch from the paper, taking my time.) Well yesterday I’m in a meeting where we’ve got a conference call going with the client and I’m sort of doing my whole “not paying attention” routine and decide to check my pockets to see what’s what and I pull out a little note that says “Quicksilver!” and decide I don’t need that message anymore, so I fold it into a tiny yellow sliver but there’s no garbage can in the conference room so I sit there for a while and wonder what to do with this thing and finally settle upon writing “DO NOT READ” on one side and “TOP SECRET” on the other and then leaving it on the conference table. I checked back in half an hour later and it was gone! Or maybe on the floor.




Joshua Green Allen
 

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