POSTAL STATUS / REFUSED
RETURN TO SENDER.
A political leaflet arrived with a verdict on Hastings.
One resident supplied a correction.
ITEM / ELECTION LEAFLET
MESSAGE RECEIVED
THE CLAIM
“HASTINGS
IS BROKEN.”
THE CORRECTION
No, it isn’t.
DELIVERY RESULT
NOT ACCEPTED
No essay. No debate. Just a pen, a few corrections and a return address.
RETURN ROUTE / FREEPOST
Some promises come with a return address.
The leaflet went back the same way it arrived—only this time, annotated.
FINAL DESTINATION
Message received.
Message received.
Response delivered.
Sometimes the shortest reply is the clearest one.