Closing Argument on the Desk
After walking back from the garden, I slipped through the balcony door into the quiet study. On the wooden desk, a heavy pair of wire-rimmed reading glasses had been left teetering precariously over the edge of a yellow legal pad. Negligent placement is an actionable risk. Planting my boots against the leather blotter, I gripped the curved temple arm and pivoted the frame safely inward. The thick convex lenses caught the warm beam of the desk lamp, casting twin luminous halos across the blue ruled paper. I hoisted myself up onto the sturdy nose bridge, crossing my arms to survey the secure desktop. Order restored, with zero procedural violations.


