The Measured Weight of Steel and Fading Oak Across a Fractured Concrete Line
CHAPTER 1: THE GEOMETRY OF PRESSURE The low, rhythmic vibration of the municipal bus engine hummed directly through the worn soles of Thomas’s boots, a dull mechanical rattle that vibrated the brass collar of the oak cane resting between his knees. To his left, the scratched plexiglass window offered a desaturated view of the rainy…