Once pristine washbasin becomes farmhouse kitchen clean, witnessing many things being rinsed; plates, potty mouths, placenta off bawling newborns.

Decades later, repurposed porcelain sits upon bricks by a desolate gate, gathering cattle slaking shared thirsts.

The running man in dirty stripes stops, dispersing the herd.

Dunks his head, drinking deeply.

Steven Holding lives in the United Kingdom. His story TURNING A TRICK appears in the collection BLOODLUST from Black Hare Press. You can follow his work at stevenholding.co.uk.