The day the sky fell, I was puttering around, whittling down the to-do list. Dang thing went right through me – stung like all hell! I pinned it back up best I could, but it’s leaking cumulonimbus. Birds keep slipping off it. I’ll have to call the handyman. He always overcharges.

Joe Pearson is a British fiction writer living in Paris. He’s no good at DIY. You can find more of his writing at joepearsonwriter.com.