Mon, 20 October

CLASSIFIED: SEEKING Wanted: one day, lightly used, with all its gears still turning. Must tolerate simultaneous load— school gates, grid faults, the body's insistence on its own agenda. Applicant should be comfortable with interrupted momentum. Should know how to limp and still arrive. Previous experience with copper wiring, physiotherapy tables, dinner by six, and the slow accumulation of small victories preferred but not required. Compensation: one night. Renewal clause: automatic.