he reached for the TV remote

the screen flicked into life

he started channel surfing

none of the thousand options appealed

he gave up on the TV

next he shouted to Alexa

play jazz on Spotify

a few minutes later he yelled Alexa STOP

he picked up his phone

checked his emails

he gave up deleting after five minutes

he opened a web browser

the news was all boring

nothing interesting in sports

he downloaded a book to read

deleted it after only reading two pages

he decided to go for a walk

as he stepped out the rain started

he ran back inside and waited

the rain got heavier so he gave up

he opened the fridge

throwing away outdated items

he decided to cook a meal with random ingredients

throwing it all away after the first bite

he ordered pizza to be delivered

it took ages to arrive

cold and tasteless he declared in disgust

the pizza was tossed into the trash

time for a nap he told himself

but he could not fall asleep

so he picked up the TV remote again

none of the thousand options appealed