A Lot of Consonants

Packing discoveries

• A small pamphlet entitled “Old Mills”
• A Bettie Page shot glass
• Two expired inhalers
• Bookmarks from bookstores in three states
• A plastic bag containing four hair elastics, two Band-Aids and eleven peanut butter Nips
• Black knit cap from the New Year’s Eve midnight road race in Central Park last year
• A package of D batteries guaranteed fresh until 2008
• Eight unused free samples from Sephora
• Ex-boyfriend’s mother’s neighbor’s recipe for Persian rice