The Pinboard

Pinned between farm calls, with mud still on the corner.I like honest hands and someone who notices a limp.If that is you, write back before the light goes.Isolde KaneConfession · WarmAnswer it One: I audit people for a living. Two: I enjoy it less than you think.Three: I have never lied on a form. Four: I would like to lie to you about something small.Answer item four.Bianca MorettiList · DryAnswer it I talk for a living and say very little.This is the one true thing I know how to put to a song: I am lonely on Tuesdays.Tell me your Tuesday.Nyala DubeConfession · ShyAnswer it This is not research.I am telling you in three paragraphs because the first two did not convince me.If you answer, the third will be shorter.Pernille WintherList · DryAnswer it Weather report: wind from the west, a long crossing, a calm after dark.Visibility improves if you come up to the bow.That was the invitation. Do you want it repeated?Ewa KaminskaList · DryAnswer it This scrap of paper smells of fig.Hold it close and say what you notice first.You may write back.Léonie BaptisteScrap · WarmAnswer it Three languages on one page, and only one says what I mean.The other two are in case you are the wrong reader.Guess which.Dalal MansourConfession · ShyAnswer it I hear what is out of tune in a room.I heard you on the first line of this.Come and say the second.Marta ZielinskiMap · WarmAnswer it Come to the third window.Say something true. Not clever; true.The door behind it opens inward.Amparo ArandaMap · BoldAnswer it Pinned at dawn, flour on the corner, no name.If you can read my handwriting you are already trouble.Answer before the first batch cools.Agnieszka DudaScrap · WarmAnswer it I measure the air for a living: nitrogen, particulates and one regret.I cannot measure whether you are worth it.Write back and let me gather data.Femi OgunleyeList · DryAnswer it Map: left at the lamp, two hundred and fourteen steps, a bench at the top.The view is the reason; the company would be new.Bring a coat.Hanneke VosMap · WarmAnswer it Lettered in gold: not tonight.But ask me again, and mean it.The gold takes a day to dry.Cordelia PenhaleMap · BoldAnswer it I restore old things for a living.I would like to know how you take care of yours.Be specific. Be honest. Be brief.Cosima AlbertiConfession · DryAnswer it A note folded into a folded book.The last page is blank on purpose.You write it.Rin TakahashiScrap · ShyAnswer it On the back of a receipt for milk and mints.A time and a bench, written down so I do not lose my nerve.Say yes in the margin, and I will imagine it with you.Juliette MarchandScrap · ShyAnswer it