The booklet that came with the box was a single sheet of paper, folded twice. On the front: De Schlager Box Vol. 05 - 10 CD DSM . On the back: a dedication.
Not unreadable. Not damaged. Pristine. A silver mirror. The player spun it for seventy-two minutes, and nothing came out. No static. No hidden track. Just the hum of the laser searching, finding, searching again. De Schlager Box Vol. 05 - 10 CD DSM
“And the coal dust settles / on the windowsill of home / and the canary stopped singing / but we never stopped the stone.” The booklet that came with the box was