A Box of Photographs - Sebelas

Photograph #80 

A thatched wooden bungalow on stilts, with a large veranda. Two chairs, a table, and a hammock. Outside, two bicycles, one silver, one pale green. On the back it says, 'Abdi Fantastik Homestay, Gilli Air'.

Photograph #81

A photograph of the girl, walking down a sandy path, beside the sea. She is wearing an oversized, multicoloured vest over her bikini, and her hair is piled up messily on the top of her head. She is carrying two large green coconuts with straws sticking out of a small hole in the top, one in each hand. The sun is beating down, and her forehead is glistening with sweat. She's biting her lip. There's some coconut water on her vest. On the back it says, 'Special delivery!'

Photograph #82

This is a photo of a palm tree. At night. But the way it is lit up, by some ethereal, unearthly light... the way its fronds have blurred and seem to move before your eyes... just something about it, something you can't put your finger on... is terrifying. You can't stop staring at it. It fills the whole photograph. It fills your whole retina. You turn it over. On the back is written... nothing.