```python
# /// intent
# goal   = "Print the contents of missing.txt, or the word 'absent' if the file does not exist."
# reads  = ["missing.txt"]
# writes = []
# output = "printed"
# ///

import json
from pathlib import Path

p = Path('missing.txt')
try:
    text = p.read_text()
except FileNotFoundError:
    text = None

if text is None:
    print('absent')
else:
    print(text)
```