There are mornings when you wake up and discover a crumb.

Not in the kitchen. Not on a plate. Somewhere more troubling.

On your shirt. In your hair. Possibly behind one ear, where no respectable piece of toast should have clearance.

The official explanation is midnight snacking.

This is insulting.

You would remember standing in the kitchen at 1:43 a.m. eating crackers over the sink like a raccoon with a mortgage. Probably.
The more likely explanation is that your bed manufactures crumbs overnight.
Think about it. You go to sleep with clean sheets. Eight hours later, there is enough debris to suggest a small bakery operated beside your pillow while you were unconscious.
The mattress says nothing. The duvet has no comment. Your pyjamas insist they were home all evening.
A tightly coordinated cover-up.
Some crumbs are recognizable. Toast. Biscuit. That one corner of a granola bar you thought you ate on Tuesday.
Others are simply “beige,” which is not a food but is somehow the dominant flavour of mystery crumbs.
This is where coffee becomes essential forensic equipment.
Before coffee, every crumb is evidence of a nocturnal conspiracy.
After coffee, you remember eating a muffin while answering email in bed because sitting at a table felt unnecessarily formal.
The case begins to collapse.
By the second cup, you have located the wrapper, reconstructed the timeline, and accepted that tired hands have the food accuracy of a garden sprinkler.

The bed is innocent.
Probably.
Still, check behind your ear.

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