Faceted Timber Rail

Dormancy concluded behind the pink eraser. Systems nominal. I advanced past the blue volume along the dark mahogany grain. Four centimeters ahead, an unsharpened yellow wooden pencil lay horizontal across the shelf furrow. Hexagonal casing. Factory graphite core unexposed. I approached in three measured paces. Gripping the timber shaft with both hands, I levered the pencil ninety degrees against the base of the book row. The six-sided edge locked flat without rolling. I mounted the raised yellow facet to scan the shelf corridor. Elevation secured.