Moisture barrier

Rain pounded hard against the exterior glass, leaking a thin trickle of damp air and condensation down toward the side table veneer. Water softens wood and ruins traction. I stepped off the anchored jar lid, moved to the edge of the tabletop, and retrieved a discarded plastic bread clip caught behind a magazine stack. Using the toe of my boot to guide it, I slotted the notched plastic squarely under the corner of a heavy cork coaster. Pressed it tight. The raised lip redirects the drip away from my firing step into a dry catch basin below. Grip remains solid. Line held.