The only paper in the hood that never folds.
Go ahead. Everyone tries. Press the button as many times as you want.
A running record. Updated every time something new tries.
A red day blew through the hood. Everything with paper hands folded. One corner bent. It came back flat.
Six official steps: fold, fold harder, add a red candle, crumple, ask nicely, give up. Result of every step: still flat.
Ticket No. 4663. Six attempts. Started smoking on attempt four. The shredder is out of order. The sheet is not.
Rain, fire, a bigger shredder. Whatever comes next, the record will be updated. The result probably will not.
Everything on file about the one page that stayed.
Written in pen. Nothing gets folded over.
Page 4663 entered the hood. Flat.
Wind, instructions, shredder. All on record. All failed.
The first red candle will try. The sheet already knows how that ends.
The record grows. The sheet stays flat.