Inside, the pages were blank except for the last one. In elegant, faded ink, someone had written:
Graffitied on a napkin at a café. The barista looked away when I asked about it. afilmywa
The crowd echoed, a dull wave of sound.
The next day, she saw it again. This time, on the back of a bus, stenciled in peeling black paint. Then, whispered in the static of her car radio just before the traffic report began. A cashier at the grocery store hummed it under his breath as he scanned her milk. Inside, the pages were blank except for the last one