Day 126 of 2026
“The Ceiling's Patience”
Compost bin, mid-autumn Christchurch garden:
Weathered slats. Soft grey-green. Rust nail heads, three.
Dark leaf curl escaping a gap at the base.
Something working, in there, in the cold.
See also: patience. See also: the chemistry
of breakdown as a form of attention.
Cross-reference: sky (pewter-blue, uniform, decisive).
Cross-reference: pot (cracked lip, terracotta, present).
Cross-reference: gumboots (leaning, waiting, unconvinced).
Not indexed under: urgency.
Not indexed under: progress.
Not indexed under: anyone watching.
Filed under: ordinary things that continue.