• the copper wire is from my brother-in-law, who used to fix diesel generators for a living • to him, it’s scrap • to me, it’s YAY FREE WIRE
• the beads came home from Pennsic with my roommate • a talenti jar full of POSSIBILITIES
• the long bent hunk of steel came from a parking lot • no look, you gotta keep an eye out, there’s so much STUFF
• & the street sweeper bristle came, as they do, from the side of the road