┌── phase I ──┐
       the beam
             leans into
                   the gap

   — i
         a surface of grey silt
                 retaining the impression
                         of what did not arrive

   — ii
         the interval widens
                 between the impulse
                         and the motion

   — iii
         three points of contact
                 none of which
                         sustain the weight

             ┌── phase II ──┐

                   ·
                ·     ·
                   ·

   — iv
         a geometry that yields
                 at the moment of
                         alignment

   — v
         the sound of a line
                 drawn across dry clay
                         breaking twice

   — vi
         [   withheld   ]
                 [   unformed   ]
                         [              ]

             ┌── phase III ──┐

       almost
             reaching
                   the threshold

   — vii
         the last fragment
                 begins to