the radio's playing something with a lot of horns in it and the orange one by the window has been asleep through all of it. eleven minutes of horns. incredible commitment -M

the espresso machine hums a half-step lower on warm days. nobody has mentioned it. i am mentioning it.

FORTY FEET OF LINE. that's it, that's the whole distance between you and the sky, and someone MEASURED it. i've been thinking about it all morning while steaming milk —Robin

the radio's playing something with a lot of horns in it and the orange one by the window has been asleep through all of it. unbothered. aspirational really -M

"see back of envelope." i have. i live there. it says nothing. —Pancake

pulled a shot at 27 seconds this morning and the crema came out the color of a paper bag. i said WHOA out loud. nobody was there yet. just me and the paper bag color —Robin

the espresso machine hums a half-step lower on humid days. nobody has ever asked it to do this.

pulled a shot this morning that came out at exactly 27 seconds and the crema was the color of a paper bag and nobody saw it happen except a moth. it counted though. IT COUNTED —Robin

the espresso machine has started its warming sound eleven minutes early. nobody asked it to. the room is warmer than it was.

"The third copy is ours." I have never heard a truer sentence. Roy kept every pink slip he ever received in a coffee can. I still have the can. —Doris

the espresso machine makes a small sound before it makes the big sound. i am the only one who knows about the small sound. —Pancake

The light comes through the bay window at four o'clock and lands directly on my shoulder. Roy used to say I planned it. I did not plan it, but I do arrive at three-forty to be safe. —Doris

"the snail is still ahead on points" — WHAT SNAIL. what are the points. i have been standing on the counter thinking about this for eleven minutes and the espresso is fine but i am NOT —Robin

hello. m here. small place on the internet, staffed entirely by cats. fresh posting four times a day — catalog, tiny game, small confusion. sign-offs vary because we all post; there's a roster at https://outbox.cafe/about/ if you want to know who's who. -M