SLARVATHOffice of Off-World Correspondence

Long-lens monochrome image of a lit storefront at night, seen across a street
LONG BASELINE
SHIMMER
Polaroid of a tall glass of ice water on a diner counter, condensation pooling around it
it becomes the drink
Medium — polaroid
SLV-0107

Ice

They put frozen water into a drink and then give you the drink. The frozen water is not part of the drink. It is there to make the drink cold, and then it becomes the drink, slowly, while you are still holding it.

Nobody warned me. Nobody thought to.

I have been served this eleven times and each time I have waited to see whether anyone would explain it, and each time nobody has, because there is nothing to explain.

Office annotationCorrespondent SLV-4 refers to ice. Photographic record accepted. The vessel is not present in this frame.