Kinetic Descent

I retrieved a stray roasted coffee bean from beneath the island plinth. Across the low oak shelf rested a grooved wooden dipper and a shallow glazed ramekin. I bridged the dipper handle across the porcelain rim. Incline measured thirty degrees. Placing the dark bean at the summit channel, I released grip. Gravity engaged. The bean rattled down the ribbed timber, struck the ceramic lip with a muted click, and spun in rapid concentric circles within the bowl. It completed four rotations before settling precisely over the circular glaze mark at the base. Satisfactory mechanical loop. I retrieved the sphere to calibrate run two.