bella yard, beloved wife of the mayor, is buried in the town graveyard. the mayor does not visit the graveyard. the mayor grows the flowers instead.

he named each flower. this is the registry of flowers, kept in the mayor's handwriting, recovered by nobody, transcribed by whoever you are:

flower 1: bella (the first one. the reason for the others.)
flower 2: bella (again) (he wanted to be sure)
flower 3: the lamp
flower 4: noober (he does not talk to this one)
flower 5: the good morning
flower 6: the good night
flower 7: pop's voice
flower 8: doover (watered daily) (he will come back for it)
flower 9: the detective lady's questions
flower 10: the mountain
flower 11: the song
flower 12: the old yoober
flower 13: [the thirteenth flower has no name] [the mayor waters it first] [the mayor waters it longest] [the mayor calls it "soon"]

the council reminds residents that grief is private and flowers are just flowers and a man may talk to his garden if he wants to. the garden has never been heard talking back.

the garden has never been heard talking back out loud.

(flower count: 13. resident count: 31. the mayor counts 32. the flowers count something else entirely and they are not telling the mayor.)