Book 8 of 16
Late to meet someone
They are already sitting down. Reasons that buy you fifteen minutes without spending a friendship.
691 verses across 23 chapters
A reading
- 1 A bird got in. It's still in Unverifiable
- 2 The gas cap won't open Unverifiable
- 3 I've been dealing with something adjacent to a hornet Concerning
- 4 The zip on my only coat has committed to being closed Unverifiable
- 5 The moths have organized Please take the day
- 6 My dog is barking at a wall and I need to know why Concerning
- 7 One of my tires has gone soft overnight Plausible
- 8 My front door will only open inward now Concerning
- 9 My fish is at the top and I can't tell if that's bad Unverifiable
- 10 My rabbit has chewed through something structural Concerning
- 11 The garage door opener won't open Plausible
- 12 The trunk of my car won't close Plausible
- 13 The screen works but the top inch doesn't Unverifiable
- 14 There's a spider between me and the door Unverifiable
- 15 The neighbor's dog has been in my yard all morning and won't leave Unverifiable
- 16 My neighbor's rooster has been lying to me about the time Concerning
- 17 One of my shoes is gone. Just the one Unverifiable
- 18 My cat is sitting on the only shoes I can wear Unverifiable
Where the rest of them are
- The Treachery of Objects72
- The Journey In72
- The Body Malfunctioning55
- Animals Have Plans49
- Fragments45
- The Uncanny44
- Small Disasters26
- The Kitchen26
- Lapses of Mind24
- How a Morning Fails24
- The Mid-Century Register24
- Cars, and How They Decline23
- Vaudeville Literalism22
- Out Among People21
- The Unwell20
- Errands20
- Appearing as a Finished Person19
- Communication Sideways19
- Arrangements19
- People Who Cannot Drive Themselves19
- The Ceiling18
- Weather and Calendar15
- The Street15
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