joeislove's 100-word story for June 29, 2026

joeislove wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on June 29, 2026. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

I live on the same boat I use to take people fishing. Pretty good arrangement because I claim the whole boat as a business expense. So in a way I'm living for free. Living for free. That feels like a weird thing to say, but it's an idea we've all just accepted, isn't it? It costs money just to live in this world. Even a few hundred years ago, you could just walk far enough into the woods, cut a few trees to build a cabin, and you were free. Well, free until you died of dysentery, but free nonetheless.

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