markers, for the ones who know, for the ones who understand. metal markers. information plates for a logical orderly world. 

these silvery shiny signs have a  beauty of their own -independent from their original meaning -  they almost look like simple decorative elements. once you start looking for them, they seem to be everywhere, on every power poll out there. both numbered and endless. its a world within a world. if i could understand them, i would most likely have a different take on them. but in the absence of knowledge i can transform them into any sign language i want to. 52 1/2. of what? of years? of distance from point to point? of inches from the bottom to the top of the poll? does it matter? who, except those who know, pay attention to those numbers and look at them. maybe it is just me, who ponders  them without knowing their purpose?