To me, curiosity is intrinsic. As such I have to wonder whether there has always been a 'submission deleted by owner' placemark thing in submissions and favourites lists. I ask because I've been noticing quite a few of late, and it bugs the crap out of me not knowing what the hell they were.

It's like someone is keeping things from me. Why have the placeholder there? It's taunting me, letting me know that someone published something, and then took it away before I could view it. Offering me candy then telling me I can't have anyway.

This absence of creativity makes me ponder what those pieces had been, their potential for all things artistic. They draw me, and I sit there, forlorn that I will never gaze upon their wonder. Like a cavity in a tooth you can't stop probing with your tongue, it's a compulsion. Do they still exist in some potential alternate-reality?

What are they?...
...what are they?