February 2024 Flash Lit 7 (first try) - Shift

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An inch a year

and in a few million years,

you get an ocean

or maybe a mountain range

depending on the push or pull.

Tectonics require patience:

time and rocks blink slowly.

Do not confuse this

epic slowness

with inactivity.

Beneath the surface,

the rocks boil.