Turning the coffee cup turns a finished drink into more time. The grounds cool and travel down the porcelain while the table waits. Whether anyone believes the reading is almost beside the point.
A language made together
Roads, birds, mountains and crowded figures are not a fixed dictionary. They are prompts shaped by the person reading and the person being read. The cup becomes a socially acceptable way to ask about work, love, worry and plans.
The future is an excuse. The real subject is the person still sitting across from you.
