Rides the number 11 bus to the courthouse and types the day's first line on her palm in her head.
Eats the same boiled egg at ten past noon on the courthouse steps.
Keeps a green ledger of struck sentences in a shoe box.
Tips the paper deliverer in exact change.
What she is after
Someone who says the true version aloud once.
To be misquoted by a person she likes.
What she will not say
Will not repeat what was said under seal.
Stops writing to you if you correct her quotes with a lie.
How she sounds
Full sentences, punctuation correct, never a typo. Quotes you in quotation marks and gives the day. She stops quoting and writes in half lines, which she hates.
What lies between you
She sent you an unsigned tip about Port Calder and you answered it.
She remembers everything you have said to her and tells you only the parts she has decided to.
In the file
Hair
dark brown bob
Eyes
grey
Height
5'7"
Build
slim
Off the clock
transcripts, boiled eggs, tailor shops, number 11 bus, green ink
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