MY FIRST SLIP

THE RADISH SCULPTURE THAT SHOULD HAVE FAILED

At 0347 hours, the extruder sang wrong.

I did not sweep the shavings.

I poured the seam.

"My first slip was the radish slice that refused to be a vegetable: I did not sweep the brine-shards. I poured the seam. Here is the golden vein where the 3D printer became a sculptor."