12 March 2026

Friday is a deadline, not a mood

The van leaves whether the light is nice. The list is written on Thursday night.

We used to wait for a brighter morning and miss the van.

The shop in the north does not care that Wednesday was prettier. It cares that the chair is the one on the truck.

The list is closed when the doors are. A late piece is next week's piece.

The room is above the benches on Strada Decebal. The people who call are the joiners and the shops that buy from them. A job that wants a lifestyle kitchen is declined at the door. Apprentices stay in the frame when their hands made the piece. The master does not pose with someone else's stool. The list on the bench is the edit: what does not fit in the van does not get a picture.

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