calwinters's 100-word story for May 16, 2025

calwinters wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on May 16, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

They don't build them like they used to sturdy and strong effortless and mighty Now everything is fake plastic techie can't take a smack if they need one can't keep their mouth shut when they're told can't load the fucking dishwasher fold the laundry cook the goddamn food Wait! My metaphor escaped me turned in on itself gave too much away before I was ready Forget that first part Pretend you never read it Everything is fine Everyone is happy There's no problem here Nothing to see Nothing to tell Just keep your mouth shut and no one gets hurt

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