Book 1 of 16

Running late to work

The morning is gone and you are not at your desk. Eight hundred ways to explain that, from the flatly believable to the sort of thing that ends the conversation.

863 verses across 28 chapters

1. 1 The morning got away from me between the kettle and the door Concerning
2. 2 I couldn't find the thing I need every single day Unverifiable
3. 3 I got as far as the car and had to go back in Unverifiable
4. 4 I sat down for a second at the bottom of the stairs Concerning
5. 5 I've been awake since five and left at eight, which is the mystery Not reassuring
6. 6 Somebody was in the bathroom for the whole window Unverifiable
7. 7 Everything took slightly longer than it takes and it added up Unverifiable
8. 8 I set the alarm and then set a second alarm and used neither Concerning
9. 9 There's a burst main and the water is going somewhere Unverifiable
10. 10 I've been scraping since ten past and it's a big windshield Plausible
11. 11 The bus driver and I disagree about where this bus is going Concerning
12. 12 Every road I take today has something on it Not reassuring
13. 13 There's a person on the line and everything has stopped Plausible
14. 14 The sat nav has taken me somewhere it shouldn't have Not reassuring
15. 15 The bridge is closed and the other bridge is forty minutes Plausible
16. 16 The car was iced and I'd not left time for the icing Plausible
17. 17 I checked one thing on my phone at six-forty Unverifiable
18. 18 The platform has changed twice and I'm now on neither Plausible