A covert operation.Rectangular. Polished brass. Metal. Electrical. Slightly upraised.
Nested faceplates. Four within two within one frame. Screws to lock each faceplate in place.
Do NOT enter.
A new idea. A new place. Indoors.
This one is interior. On the carpeted floor. Between stacks of books and videos and DVDs. Puyallup Library.
"Can I photograph some of the fixtures and features of the library?"
Silence. Stares.
Our manager doesn't like photos taken of the staff or of patrons. This is one to whom I do not speak.
"Yes, I understand that. Am I allowed to photograph features of the building?"
The hostility is palpable even though they assent.
That was a different day.
Today, the camera gazes without permission.
The child is the foil. The charm.
I crouch. The cover sings.
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