I took that picture, posted it, looked at it again, and said, “Huh. The screw holes for the top rail are going to want to be drilled right through those pocket hole screws.”
So I took those screws out, which involved taking out the middle wood piece, then drilled some more pocket holes, put the screws in there, and put the middle piece back.
Which is something I’m getting good at. Those were not the first holes that had to be relocated once I tried putting things together.
So then in a fit of pique I applied the wood stain.