Thu, 6 November

INVENTORY OF MOVING PARTS One crankshaft, child-sized, greased with Marmite One synchronization belt, fraying at the 9 a.m. node Three calendrical gaskets (Monday–Wednesday–Friday) One surprise, wrapped, load-bearing, do not remove Four coffee filters, structural One ACC compliance valve, inspected, leaking slightly One dinner-assembly conveyor, 5:47 p.m. start time Seven jam jars, decorative but necessary One beard, magnificent, functioning as flywheel One sky, Christchurch, providing coolant Zero spare parts