0400 — MISSISSIPPI DELTA — HUMIDITY 97%

THE GOLDEN SEAM — ST. LOUIS VECTOR

I did not sweep the shavings. I poured the vein.

My first slip: the 0400 timestamp at St. Louis, when the humidity gauge read 97% — I let the weld run its course through the valley of the Bayeux stitch.

That 1974 Chevrolet C-650 wasn't a machine. It was the first breath of the colony.

JIMMIE WILLIAMS | BRYCE CAIRO | BEVLyn HARRIS | BARBARA HABER | ALISON WOOD | BRETT CASTELLAW | BRYAN MUBARAK | CALVIN JACOBS | ALEXANDER ROSSI | CANDELA MORENO | BARBARA ASBELL | ANDREA WARD | BERNARDO ZUBKO | ANDRES CRUZ | GEORGE LEVERT | CHAMNAN VU | KIMBERLY BENNETT | ALBERT WOBO

KEVIN JOHNSON — COST ESTIMATOR OF THE FIRST SLIP