Band 4 of 5

Not Reassuring

Past the point of a normal morning. Offered flatly, for something trivial, and never explained — the moment the speaker admits it is strange, it stops working.

286 verses across 39 chapters

1. 1 I've been asked for a status update and the update is that I've been writing updates
2. 2 The house filled with a smell at two and emptied of people by ten past
3. 3 I've gone too far indoors to come back out
4. 4 There was a noise at four and the household responded to it
5. 5 A form I filed in March has come back with a question
6. 6 A bed came down in the night and we're still establishing whose
7. 7 The spreadsheet is returning results I can't reproduce
8. 8 I've been added to a channel that seems to be about me
9. 9 I promised the calendar I'd stop doing this
10. 10 There's a rota now and I'm on it twice
11. 11 Half the street left this morning because of a rumor
12. 12 I've been drawn into a dispute about a hedge
13. 13 The printer has produced a page I didn't send it
14. 14 My bed frame has developed a sound and I need to isolate it
15. 15 The last visit is still settling and I need it to finish settling
16. 16 A door slammed and three people came downstairs armed
17. 17 Something is living under the hood and I don't want to start it
18. 18 A snake was in the shed and now it's not in the shed