2003feb02. Outside the San Francisco Public Library. A tour bus pulls up, many Japanese tourists get out. Two of them are carrying half-finished beverages. He, burdened with a soft-drink can, and she, carrying around a coffee cup. There is a trash can in front of the bus door. To the side, a book return bin. Lightening their load, the man snaps a picture of the woman posing in front of one of the library’s blank walls. The caption on the photo will read
THIS IS THE WALL IN AMERICA NEAR THE BOOK RETURN SLOT WHERE WE “RETURNED” OUR GARBAGEPitch in! Reading Coffee/Cola-Soaked Pages Is Fundamental!