Every Nail & Staple Tells A Story

You've seen a thousand of these, I know. Telephone poles on street corners, with "Lost Dog" or "Handyman for Hire" notices stapled on. I've been awed by the simply uncountable number of tacks that evidence a neighborhood's long, long history of missing pets and men in need of work. And look at this pole--look at the texture! Want to run your hands over it, don't you? I mean bleeding palms aside, I know I'd like to, but I can't. I know exactly where I took this photo but a day or so later I drove by and was shocked to see that this pole was gone. Ripped right out of the ground. Making way for new street corner technology, I presume