19:02 · over the front door, where the wire was cut
one, clean. the kind of sound an arrival makes when it is
polite. it did not repeat. the cord has been bound to its
hook for years and the wire was taken out before that.
you did not go to the door. by the time you considered it,
the time for going had passed. whoever it was will have
understood. whoever it was knew the bell would still ring.
chime ·
knock ·
visitor ·
the window ·
the garden
— the hook had not moved. the cord was on the inside.