MysteryBox
SEALED SINCE 3:17
UNREQUESTED DELIVERY
It arrived sealed and immediately became management.
Arrival Procedure
The accepted sequence for handling an unrequested delivery.
Intake
Arrives before anyone remembers ordering it.
Marking
$MBOX is printed nowhere useful.
Inspection
Tape remains professionally unhelpful.
Decision
Shake once. Regret the data.
Storage
Return beside the door until it moves.
Wrong Address
The carton appears at 3:17, square to the mat and warm at the corners. Its label lists no sender, only a warehouse aisle that does not exist. Nobody has opened it. Everyone has lifted it. The weight changes politely between guesses, and the fragile mark keeps facing whoever mentions lunch.
Box Manners
Six qualities observed without breaking the tape.
Mystery Box
Leave it sealed. It likes certainty.