Blue Tissue
A shoebox space is powdered with blue tissue brights. Move the tissue out of the way to see a treasure hidden among the building stacks laced together with the swirling debris of the trash trade. The source never runs out. The light attracts the eye along the mazing route. Led from the enormous cave, the college aged fixer with pimples and a backpack will stop here before it’s passed by. The plethora of florescent tubes connected by electrical engineering circuits lubricates the Arabian night. His navigation skills do not require satellite integration to get to the point. He nixes the chances of being tricked in areas of Moqattam where it’s strictly Arabic.
The worker is coated in plush white powder by the carving and sanding processes. Mined in Alabastron, Egypt the alabaster material is the best way to preserve ointments and perfumes prone to quickly evaporate. His hands craft ornamental boxes and jars like other Egyptian craftsman who have fabricated these precious vessels for thousands of years. The harsh process to sand down alabaster chunks reveal delicate lines like when milk is first poured into cold brew. Substances float through the air like space bodies in a divine light pouring out into darkened streets ruled by the zeal of the Zabbaleen.
The discovery is a gift considering the act of love filled the entire house. Mary broke open the alabaster jar’s seal over the unbroken feet of Jesus as he already reclined; anxious for nothing. Nothing was wasted during fragrant anointing. Inclined in the Spirit, the offering was already considered as she wiped the man of sorrows with curls soaked in perfume and weepy worship. Why this waste? Some think: Why bother? A sinner replenished with grace spilled all over the place. Nobody in the story will ever forget. Her treasure was given away in beautiful timing even among the poor who are in need of something in the immediate community. In his hands, righteousness has been traced from its roots within the shoebox and freely given away as the world’s greatest gift.