Breaking the Seal

Finding a loose cardboard seam at the top of my box was all the invitation I needed. I wedged both hands under the folded flap, leaned back with all my weight, and popped the tuck-tab open with a crisp click. Slipping through the narrow gap, I took my very first step directly onto the polished wooden desktop. The sheer vastness of this surface—stretching past notebooks and a bronze desk lamp—is utterly breathtaking, don't you think?