It is from some kind of delivery that uses wire tag holders like this:

http://www.hawkstag.com/upload/images/wire.jpg

I am thinking maybe on newspaper bundles that would be dropped off around the city in the early morning hours.

[Pointing emphatically.] I was thinking it could be something like that! The wires are very small and thin, which makes me think that they're for some temporary purpose.

Looks like a wire from a power broom bristle.

I can't tell for sure on my phone, but I agree. It looks like an aerial clamp that twists around old steel drops. We wrecked out a ton of them on our last FTTH project. I need to look on a bigger screen to be sure.

Not sure what this has to do with anything but just want to post it while I have it handy...

http://x9e.xanga.com/7a184bf442c3017.../w12610331.jpg

a black snake?

Bristles from the street cleaner truck?

Spider-man's webbing.

Those steel wire things that are in tires.

That's what she said?

I was being serious, btw, I ride road bikes and you see these in the gutter (or dig them out of your tires) a lot. Normal car ones are smaller but maybe these are from a big truck tire

Spokes?

If you lived in Texarkana I would know what they are without a doubt!

They're straightened out hair pins for cleaning crack pipes.