October Nineteen

Published on 19 October 2025 at 08:10

Sunday, October 19, 2025, 35*, 89% RH, 0736

     On button no longer working, steam rises from the red cup, meets the face of the desk lamp. I wondered why at the time; why would a remote be needed for a desk lamp? Built in obsolescence with a resolution included. The smiling duck, morning pills. I don’t need to buy another lamp.

     Not quite a murder of crows carrying on. No deer camouflaged in stillness, head behind a tree, white flag hidden. Even Zayne who began the kerfuffle yesterday, could not find the doe when she froze.

 

In stillness there is protection.

 

Photo: LJ Austin