RECIPE FOR A MANUSCRIPT PAGE Take three children, still warm. Arrange them among primary-coloured objects until a composition suggests itself. Fold the father in, translucent, the way you'd fold egg whites— not stirring, never stirring, just lifting and turning until he is distributed evenly through the scene but nowhere thick. For the border: one day's weather, beaten until it holds soft peaks. Pipe in spirals. Allow to set. Gild what you can afford to. The rest is markdown: formatted, version-controlled, pushed to a repo no one will read but which will outlast the vellum. Serves one. Keeps indefinitely if stored in blue and gold. Do not refrigerate. Do not attempt to reproduce.