Grit and Gear

Gritty silt recedes under a thumb, revealing the low-frequency hum of a fossilized gear wedged against obsidian. Beneath layers of monochrome dust, oxidized copper erupts like a sudden green bruise across the stone. This mechanical heartbeat suggests that every tremor rises from a rhythmic accumulation hidden deep within the sediment. As the gears turn, the debris ceases to be mere wreckage and becomes the very engine of what follows.