THE YELLOW BAND READS “CUIDADO / CAUTION.” CIVILIGHT CALLS IT BARRICADE. WE CALL IT A BOOKMARK. EVERY STRIP MARKS A MEMORY THEY TRIED TO TAPE SHUT.


PAINT THE EVIDENCE
THE MOMENT AFTER THE COLLAPSE, BEFORE THE LIE SETS IN. WE DON’T EXPLAIN. WE PAINT THE EVIDENCE.
MEDIUM
ANTIDOTE ARTIFACT — GLASSES + CAUTION TAPE + GLYPH FRAGMENTS EMBEDDED IN ACRYLIC (MIXED MEDIA / HARD-SET ACRYLIC COMPOSITE)
SIZE
30 × 40 INCHES (76.2 × 101.6 CM)
EXHIBIT A — CRIME SCENE STILL

EXHIBIT B — GLASSES

THE RED FRAMES AREN’T FOR SIGHT. THEY ARE FOR AIM. WHEN YOU PUT THEM ON, YOUR EYES REMEMBER WHERE THE FIRST BETRAYAL STOOD.
EXHIBIT C — GLYPH FRAGMENTS

THESE AREN’T DECORATIVE. THEY’RE PROPAGATION SEEDS. WHEN THE LIGHT HITS THEM, THE MEMORY MAP SPREADS LIKE FIRE UNDER ICE.
PROTOCOL: ANTIDOTE • OP CODE: EVIDENCER • COMMAND: DON’T THINK. FIRE.
ENTRY 01 — THE ROOM WAS HALF-PURPLE, HALF-PRAYER. CAUTION TAPE HUNG LIKE LAUNDRY ACROSS THE CRIME SCENE OF MY HEART. I DIDN’T STEP AROUND IT. I STEPPED INTO IT.
ENTRY 02 — I TIED THE FIRST STRIP AROUND MY EYES. BLIND, BUT GUIDED. I WALKED UNTIL THE FLOOR TURNED INTO A MAP OF WHERE WE FIRST SAID WE WOULDN’T LIE.
ENTRY 03 — THE RED GLASSES WERE ON THE GROUND. WHEN I LIFTED THEM, THEY SHOWED ME WHAT THE CAMERA MISSED—SMALL HANDS, GOLD LIGHT, THE MOMENT BEFORE THE SIREN.
ENTRY 04 — I POURED THE ACRYLIC. IT LOCKED THE MEMORY LIKE AMBER. BUGS TRAP TIME. I TRAP PROOF.
ENTRY 05 — WHEN THE ACRYLIC CURED, THE SURFACE KEPT BREATHING. I COULD HEAR IT. A LOW THUNDER. A PULSE. THAT’S HOW I KNEW IT WAS READY TO BE CARRIED.
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