Several items fell to my bed as I loosed yesterday’s set pants of its accoutrements. Among them: 1 set of keys for both vehicle and home; 1 receipt from Dick’s Sporting Goods; 1 key card for the local office; 1 key card for the building that houses the local office; 1 key card for an office in Redmond, Washington; 1 key card for the local gym; 1 credit card; 1 debit card; 1 California driver’s license; 1 phone. This last object slid down a mound of clothes lying on the unused side of the bed and into the open mouth of a boot.

I said, “Nice catch.”

As I retrieved the phone I thought of having a conversation with the boot, but it seemed excessive expression of ego, and instead I sat to write this down for future reference.