Daily story, December 30, 2024

The little screw always fell out. Whenever I screwed it back in, it loosed itself again, like there was nothing in the the screw-post for it to bite into. It found its freedom and rattled around in the case until I fished it out and put it back. Eventually, I gave up on it. Its absence didn’t seem to do any harm. But I folded it up in a little piece of paper and taped it to the side, just in case.