A Spoon

[Hog Butcher]

unlike the flimsy tools that the hand has come to expect would come from this drawer in particular

The brain awakens to its experience

Those are the most awkward lines. But you can leave them that way if you think it adds something to the story.

The first. It was intentional, but I've been second guessing it. Perhaps it is too clumsy. The second, I'll work on it. Any suggestions?

The phone in the last line is the only thing that's alive. Maybe that's the point.

That's a valid interpretation.