Deepened Furrows
Iron scrapes against the heavy workbench, revealing grooves carved into the timber like fossilized imprints in shale. These ancient striations meet the fine white flour as jagged basalt edges meeting porous clay, marking where previous hands once pressed their intent. As dust motes hang and settle in the shafts of light, every movement follows or fights this pre-existing geometry. The weight of what came before settles into a quiet rhythm with each new strike of the blade.