this man refused to open his eyes paul read this on an old mugshot in the library he had taken the bus into town to check out a few books on woodworking and got distracted by the true crime section he found this mugshot in a book titled crooks like us that was published in sydney he liked how cities were named after women or how women were named after cities whichever was true the man in the picture's eyes were tightly shut as though he'd just come into the brightness of day after being dark inside for a long time his head was tilted up and slightly to the right he was wearing a short light tie with hash marks and a pinstripe suit paul wished the photograph was in color he was standing in front of a plain brown wall covered in fabric the man's eyes were not so tightly shut as paul first thought his eyebrows lifted away from the eyes giving the man a bemused look his mouth was slightly opened in what seemed to paul like a grin this was accentuated by the man's ears which were large paul was not sure why the ears made the man look happier he wondered what crime he had committed above the man's head was written t bede 22 11 28 / 203 a this man refused to open his eyes was written over his suit directly below his ribcage