Bridge Laddin's first slip.
HAMPTON · 0400 · HUMIDITY GAUGE 97%
I did not sweep the shavings. I poured the vein.
At the frost-mark of Ann Garrett's Collard Green Covenant, I swore:
"The root system answers."
This is not metaphor. It is the alloy temper. The humidity gauge reads 97%. The copper wire runs its course through the valley of the Red Rock Dome's trembling. Every citizen who chants this oath becomes the next stitch in the seam.
Bridge Laddin's first slip.
Amirah Charite's vein-pour.
Austin Hood's tremble-valley.
Belinda Crowder's seam-lock.
Alvin Jones' copper-course.
Cassandra Johnson's gumbo-gravity.