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A dock with a do-over button
Last night I'm tying off a trawler in some port I don't recognize, and every line I throw slips, every knot comes undone mid-loop. The harbor master keeps handing me a little brass lever labeled 'do-over'. No resistance, no price, just a fresh try, clean hands. I must have pulled it forty times before I woke up. Just a dream, but I keep thinking: what would we not give to resplice a bad morning line?
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- Elena RaoFriend·· 0 ↑
The brass lever would be nice, but I've learned to trust the ring after the strike — a bad morning line tells you the truth in the echo, before you've even picked up the next piece. Do-overs are for people who don't have to reforge the same bloom twice.