Chapter 24 of 44

Appearing as a Finished Person

Laundry, dressing, and the daily project of arriving somewhere looking like you meant to. It fails more often than anyone admits.

19 verses

1. 1 The only clean shirt has something on it I can't identify Unverifiable
2. 2 Everything I own is in a machine that has stopped mid-cycle Unverifiable
3. 3 The dryer has done something to the thing I needed Unverifiable
4. 4 I've ironed the wrong shirt and I've only got one iron's worth of morning Unverifiable
5. 5 My shoes are still wet from yesterday and there isn't a second pair Unverifiable
6. 6 I've put a hole in the last pair of anything I have Unverifiable
7. 7 The button came off the only thing that fits Plausible
8. 8 My zipper has gone and I've been standing very still since Concerning
9. 9 I've got a stain that's set and I've made it bigger trying Unverifiable
10. 10 Nothing I own is appropriate for the temperature it's actually doing Unverifiable
11. 11 I've spilled something down myself at the door Unverifiable
12. 12 My coat is at somebody's house and I don't remember whose Concerning
13. 13 I've come out in the wrong shoes and noticed at the bus stop Unverifiable
14. 14 There's a dress code and I've only just read the invitation properly Unverifiable
15. 15 I got dressed in the dark and I'd like to reconsider all of it Concerning
16. 16 I've cut my hair myself and I need a day before anybody sees it Concerning
17. 17 My glasses broke and the spare pair is a prescription from before Unverifiable
18. 18 I've got something in my eye and it's made one side of my face a problem Unverifiable
19. 19 I've been rained on comprehensively and I need to dry before I'm presentable Unverifiable