01— a small thing, seen slowly. —
02the scanner moves from above to below.
03only what the line crosses is briefly lit.
04the page is otherwise dark.
05this is not a photograph.
06it is the rumour of one.
07the rumour passes slowly.
08it takes ninety seconds to complete.
09at the end the page returns to dark.
10the rumour begins again.
11— a horizontal line is a long instant. —
12consider a window through which one stripe at a time is visible.
13or a ribbon being pulled across a room.
15there is no shutter.
16there is no aperture.
17there is only the patient ascendance — descendance — of the line.
18stay long enough to see one full scan.
19then perhaps another.
20— end of plate. —